In Search of "Aryan Blood": Serology in Interwar and National Socialist Germany

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i Outlining the problem In Search of “Aryan Blood” med_04___ok.indd 1 2011-12-18 20:20:05 ii Introduction CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine Volume IV Series Editor: Marius Turda 5 Published in the series: Svetla Baloutzova Demography and Nation Social Legislation and Population Policy in Bulgaria, 1918–1944 C Christian Promitzer · Sevasti Trubeta · Marius Turda, eds. Health, Hygiene and Eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945 C Francesco Cassata Building the New Man Eugenics, Racial Science and Genetics in Twentieth-Century Italy med_04___ok.indd 2 2011-12-18 20:20:05 iii Outlining the problem Central European University Press Budapest—New York In Search of “Aryan Blood” Serology in Interwar and National Socialist Germany Rachel E. Boaz Central European University Press Budapest—New York med_04___ok.indd 3 2011-12-18 20:20:06 iv Introduction© 2012 by Rachel E. Boaz Published in 2012 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Limited Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 · Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: www.ceupress.com 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 · Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: mgreenwald@sorosny.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 978 9639776500 ISSN 2079-1119 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cassata, Boaz, Rachel E. In search of "Aryan blood" : serology in interwar and National Socialist Germany / Rachel E. Boaz. p. cm. (CEU Press studies in the history of medicine, ISSN 2079 1119 ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978 9639776500 (hardbound) 1. National socialism and medicine History. 2. Serology Political aspects Germany History 20th century. 3. Anthropology Political aspects Germany History 20th century. 4. Racism in medicine Germany History 20th century. 5. Racism in anthropology Germany History 20th century. 6. Biopolitics Germany History 20th century. 7. Antisemitism Germany History 20th century. 8. Germany Politics and government 1918 1933. 9. Germany Politics and government 1933 1945. 10. Germany Ethnic relations History 20th century. I. Title. R510.B63 2011 616.07950943 dc23 2011037678 Printed in Hungary by Akadémiai Nyomda, Martonvásár med_04___ok.indd 4 2011-12-18 20:20:07 ...