Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany

Appendix 2

Appendix 2: Questionnaire Data Table 1. Distribution of Respondents by Sex Number of Responses Percentage N # 1,215 of Total Female 662 54.49 Male 553 45.51 Table 2. Respondents’ Year of Birth Responses Birth Year N # 1,215 Percentage 1895 and earlier 9 0.74 1896–1900 24 1.98 1901–1905 116 9.55 1906–1910 210 17.28 1911–1915 300 24.69 1916–1920 285 23.46 1921–1925 240 19.75 1926–1930 29 2.39 After 1930 1 0.08 No response 1 0.08 Table 3. Respondents’ Place of Residence between 1933 and 1945 Responses Province/District N # 1,215 Percentage East Prussia 73 6.01 City of Berlin 90 7.41 Brandenburg 21 1.73 Table 3—Continued Responses Province/District N # 1,215 Percentage Pomerania 22 1.81 Posen-West Prussia 1 0.08 Lower Silesia 50 4.12 Upper Silesia 19 1.56 Saxony, Provincial Institution 16 1.32 Schleswig-Holstein 26 2.14 Hanover 58 4.77 Westphalia 144 11.85 Hessen-Nassau 37 3.04 Rhineland 198 16.30 Bavaria 89 7.32 Baden 75 6.17 Thuringia 7 0.58 Saxony 20 1.65 Württemberg 81 6.67 Hesse 28 2.30 Hamberg 31 2.55 Mecklenburg-Schwerin 2 0.16 Oldenburg 28 2.30 Braunschweig 20 1.65 Bremen 14 1.15 Lippe 4 0.33 Lübeck 2 0.16 Saar Region 24 1.98 Sudeten 12 0.99 Austria 3 0.25 No information 20 1.65 Note. The distribution of places of residence is organized by provinces and districts according to Das Statistische Jahrbuch, a contemporary annual publication on deaf education (pp. 10ff.). Table 4. Deaf Institutions Attended by the Respondents Responses Institution for the Deaf N #1,215 Percentage Königsberg 31 2.55 Rössel 8 0.66 Tilsit 15 1.23 176 Appendix 2 Table 4—Continued Responses Institution for the Deaf N #1,215 Percentage Hufen 1 0.08 Köslin 19 1.56 Stettin 19 1.56 Berlin-Neukölln 24 1.98 City of Berlin 54 4.45 Berlin-Weissensee 4 0.33 Guben 14 1.65 Wriezen 14 1.65 Breslau 22 1.81 Liegnitz 30 2.47 Ratibor 19 1.56 Erfurt 2 0.16 Halberstadt 9 0.74 Halle 6 0.49 Schleswig 29 2.39 Hildesheim 25 2.06 Osnabrück 17 1.40 Stade 9 0.74 Emden 5 0.41 Büren 33 2.73 Langenhorst 24 1.98 Petershagen 24 1.98 Soest 60 4.95 Camberg 23 1.89 Frankfurt am Main 2 0.16 Homberg 26 2.14 Aachen 19 1.56 Brühl 20 1.65 West Elberfeld 20 1.65 Essen 25 2.06 Euskirchen 14 1.15 Kempen 16 1.32 Cologne 31 2.55 Neuwied 35 2.88 Trier 30 2.47 Augsburg 8 0.66 Bamberg 6 0.49 Bayreuth 9 0.74 Dillingen 3 0.25 Questionnaire Data 177 Table 4—Continued Responses Institution for the Deaf N #1,215 Percentage Hohenwart 4 0.33 Zell 1 0.08 Frankental/Pfalz 22 1.81 Munich 7 0.58 Nuremberg 10 0.82 Regensburg 1 0.08 Straubing 12 0.99 Würzburg 7 0.58 Bönnigheim 15 1.23 Pauline Home, Winnenden 7 0.58 Schw. Gmünd (state-run) 19 1.56 Schw. Gmünd (private) 18 1.48 Heiligenbronn 9 0.74 Nürtingen 6 0.49 Wilhelmsdorf 5 0.41 Dresden 4 0.33 Leipzig 15 1.23 Gerlachsheim 23 1.89 Heidelberg 32 2.63 Meersburg 17 1.40 Neckargemünd 4 0.33 Bensheim 10 0.82 Friedberg 16 1.32 Gotha 2 0.16 Hildburghausen 3 0.25 Schleiz 1 0.08 Braunschweig 21 1.73 Bremen 11 0.91 Detmold 3 0.25 Hamburg 26 2.14 Ludwigslust 2 0.16 Lübeck 1 0.08 Wildeshausen 23 1.89 Danzig 4 0.33 Bruck 2 0.16 Vienna XIII 1 0.08 Czernowitz 3 0.25 Prague 1 0.08 Mähr. Schönberg 4 0.33 178 Appendix 2 Table 4—Continued Responses Institution for the Deaf N #1,215 Percentage Schneidemühl 2 0.16 Leitmeritz 5 0.41 Marienberg 1 0.08 Ursberg 1 0.08 No information 38 3.14 Note. This ordering...