Epidemics and Genocide in Eastern Europe, 1890-1945 (Hardcover)

How did typhus come to be viewed as a "Jewish disease" and what was the connection between the anti-typhus measures during the First World War and the Nazi gas chambers and other genocidal medical practices in the Second World War? This powerful book provides valuable new insight into the history of German medicine in its reaction to the international fight against typhus and the perceived threat of epidemics from the East in the early part of the twentieth century. Professor Weindling examines how German bacteriology became increasingly racialised, and how it sought to eradicate the disease by eradication of the perceived carriers. Delousing became a key feature of Nazi preventive medicine during the Holocaust, and gassing a favoured means of eradication of typhus.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2000
Authors:	Paul Weindling (Professor in History of Medicine)
Dimensions:	242 x 164 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	486
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-820691-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
LSN:	0-19-820691-7
Barcode:	9780198206910

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