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CRYING HANDS EUGENICS AND DEAF PEOPLE IN NAZI GERMANY HORST BIESOLD Translation by William Sayers Introduction by Henry Friedlander Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002 Originally published as Klagende Hände,©1988 by Jarick Oberbiel, Solms, Germany. All the photographs of schools for the deaf are used with permission from G. Lehmann, ed., Taubstummenunterricht und Taubstummen-Fürsorge in Deutschen Reich (Dusseldorf, 1930). The author wishes to thank Hartmut Rauer for supplying reproductions of the original photographs.© 1999 by Gallaudet University. All rights reserved. Published 1999 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Biesold, Horst, 1939– [Klagende Hände, English] Crying hands: eugenics and deaf people in Nazi Germany / Horst Biesold; translation by William Sayers; introduction by Henry Friedlander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56368-077-7 (alk. paper) 1. Deaf—Government policy—Germany. 2. Deafness—Germany. 3. History of medicine, 20th century—Germany. 4. Eugenics— Germany—History—20th century. 5. Social Darwinism—Germany. I. Title. HV2748.B5413 1999 362.4!2094309043—dc21 99-27291 CIP " !The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ...