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SYMHC Classics: The Kallikaks and the Eugenicists

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Story of the CaliCax

The story of the CaliCax was just one part of the eugenics movement. The books influence spread beyond the United States as well. In Nazi Germany, more than 150,000 Germans with disabilities were involuntarily sterilized under this eugenics law between 1934 and 1939. And we're going to talk more about that after a sponsor break.

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