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for his own people, not only for other races. Eugenics, widely
implemented in Germany, is one instance of this.

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• • The Rise of the Eugenics Movement in Germany

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In 1900, the German industrialist Alfred Krupp sponsored
a contest for the best essay on the subject of "What can we learn
from the principles of Darwinism for application to inner politi-
cal development and the laws of the state?"
First prize went to Wilhelm Schallmeyer, who interpreted
culture society, morality, and even "right" and "wrong" in terms
of the struggle for survival. He wanted all laws brought into line
with these concepts to prevent the white races from degenerat-
ing to the level of the Australian Aborigines—and as long as
society protected the physically and mentally weak, degenera-
tion was inevitable. Dr. Alfred Ploetz, the Social Darwinist who
founded racial hygiene in Germany, announced that he fully
supported Schallmeyer's barbaric ideas. He insisted, for exam-
ple, that at times of war, the racially inferior should be sent to
the front in order to protect the white race. Since soldiers fight-
ing in the front lines were generally killed, this would preserve
the "purer" part of the race from being weakened unnecessarily.
Going even further, he suggested that a panel of doctors be pre-
sent at each birth to judge whether the infant was fit enough to
live, and, if not, kill it. 122
These terrifying recommendations were the first moves
made by the eugenics movement prior to Nazi rule. On 14 July
1933, four months after the elections that brought the Nazis to
power, the eugenics and so-called "mental hygiene" movement
began spreading rapidly. Before that date, sterilization for pur-
poses of eugenics was banned, even though it was carried out in
practice. But now, permission was given for the implementation
of eugenic savagery under the "Law for the Prevention of
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