Disturbing images document a time when those with undesirable genetic traits were sterilised or killed in order to ‘cleanse’ society
These images have been released today from the the Library of Congress archive.
Advocates of eugenics made significant advances during the early twentieth century – and claimed that ‘undesirable’ genetic traits such as dwarfism, deafness and even minor defects like a cleft palate needed to be wiped out of the gene pool.
Scientists would measure the human skulls of felons in an effort to eradicate criminality – whilst other eugenic proponents suggested simply cutting out entire groups of people because of the colour of their skin.
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