Fritz Lenz
German geneticist and member of the Nazi Party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz (9 March 1887 in Pflugrade, Pomerania – 6 July 1976 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony) was a German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party,[1] and influential specialist in eugenics in Nazi Germany.
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Born | Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz (1887-03-09)9 March 1887 |
Died | 6 July 1976(1976-07-06) (aged 89) |
Known for | Supposed scientific justification for Nazi ideology |
Children | Hanfried Lenz, Widukind Lenz |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics, eugenics, "racial hygiene" |
Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, University of Göttingen |
Academic advisors | Alfred Ploetz |
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