Science and the Swastika — Season 1, Episode 1: Hitler's Biological Soldiers
Documentary • 49 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Looks at the role of doctors in Nazi Germany and how many of them willingly took part in eugenics and euthanasia in the 1930s and 1940s, thus betraying the fundamental tenets of their profession, with initial sterilisation policies moving to ones of killing adults and children who were mentally or physically disabled.
About Science and the Swastika
Four-part series on science in the Third Reich and its role in Nazi ideology and crimes. Series examining science and morality during the Third Reich; the practice of eugenics and euthanasia in Nazi occupied Europe.