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Mengele's Career Shift
- Joseph Mengele initially studied dentistry due to no local dentists.
- He was convinced by a friend to pursue anthropology and genetics instead.
Nazi Race Science Ideology
- Nazi racial purity thought saw social justice as a Jewish plot weakening Germany.
- Early Nazi laws forced sterilization of sufferers of illnesses deemed hereditary threats.
Nazi Health Over Individual
- Hitler believed Aryan people could become supermen through controlled breeding and science.
- Nazis prioritized people's communal health over individuals, justifying horrific medical atrocities.