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Wegener was a member of several Nazi organizations such as the National Socialist German Workers' Party, the Storm Troopers, and the Reich Air Protection League before World War II. In 1941 and 1942, Wegener made oaths of allegiance to Adolf Hitler saying "I pledge: I will be loyal and obedient to the Führer of the German Reich and the Nation ...
Pervitin, an early form of methamphetamine, was widely used in Nazi Germany and was available without a prescription. [1]The generally tolerant official drug policy in the Third Reich, the period of Nazi control of Germany from the 1933 Machtergreifung to Germany's 1945 defeat in World War II, was inherited from the Weimar government which was installed in 1919 following the dissolution of the ...
By 1942, more than half of all German physicians had become Nazi Party members. [9] [10] [11] In comparison, only about 10% of the general population became Nazi Party members by 1945. [12] In addition, over 7% of German doctors became members of the Nazi SS, compared to less than 1% of the general population. [13]
Top officials reported to Hitler and followed his policies, but they had considerable autonomy. Officials were expected to "work towards the Führer" – to take the initiative in promoting policies and actions in line with his wishes and the goals of the Nazi Party, without Hitler having to be involved in the day-to-day running of the country. [9]
As a result of the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler – in which he survived a bomb explosion at his Wolf's Lair headquarters – both of his eardrums were punctured, and he had numerous superficial wounds, including blisters, burns, and 200 wood splinters on his hands and legs, cuts on his forehead, abrasions and swelling on his left arm, and a right arm that was swollen, painful ...
As Nazi Germany expanded, the annexed territories of Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia came under the sphere of the NSRL War propaganda: "Germany wins on all fronts." War-related triumphalism spelt doom for the once mighty NSRL Many of the modern improvements of sports events by the DRL/NSRL are still in use.
Proctor traces the history of eugenics prior to the Nazi Party's rise to power and analyzes how the Nazis incorporated eugenic ideas into their ideology. He demonstrates how theories of racial science imbibed by the Nazis, and the adoption by scientists in turn of Nazi ideology led to large-scale forced sterilization, involuntary euthanasia ...
The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) is a systematic, computer-processable collection of medical terms, in human and veterinary medicine, to provide codes, terms, synonyms and definitions which cover anatomy, diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, substances, etc. It allows a consistent way to index, store, retrieve, and ...