Open AccessOddział wileński Polskiego Towarzystwa Eugenicznego Walki ze Zwyrodnieniem Rasy w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym — geneza, działalność i struktura prawna
Author(s) -
Przemysław Dąbrowski
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studia nad autorytaryzmem i totalitaryzmem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2300-7249
DOI - 10.19195/2300-7249.39.2.2
Subject(s) - eugenics , intelligentsia , political science , statutory law , nazism , law , sociology , politics
VILNIUS BRANCH OF THE POLISH EUGENICS SOCIETY FIGHTING AGAINST BREEDING DEGENERATION DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD — GENESIS, ACTIVITY AND LEGAL STRUCTUREVilnius Branch of the Polish Eugenics Society played asignificant role in the development and propagation of eugenic ideas. Statutory goals were realized through the establishment of eugenic and premarital counseling. In addition, alot of attention has been devoted to numerous lectures. The Vilnius society with great approval accepted the establishment of anew institution, and some resistance came from local intelligentsia and doctors.