Eugen Fischer (5 July 1874, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 9 July 1967) was a German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics. He was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics between 1927 and 1942. He was appointed rector of the Frederick William University of Berlin by Adolf Hitler in 1933, and later joined the Nazi Party.
Read more about Eugen Fischer: Early Research, Bastard Studies, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, Nazi Views, Attitude To Jews and Gypsies, Postwar Investigation, Later Life
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“Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die.”
—Ernst Fischer (1899–1972)