How American Eugenics Movement Inspired Hitler

The Nazis' extermination program was carried out in the name of eugenics - but they were by no means the only advocates of racial purification. In this extract from his extraordinary book, Edwin Black describes how American Eugenics Movement inspired Hitler. These deadly theories were prevalent among the high circles of the British Empire from where they were originally planted into the American consciousness.

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