He earned doctorates in anthropology from Munich University and in medicine from Frankfurt University.
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Dr. Josef Mengele (16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979)
Not surprising.
Fans of National Socialism, ordinary Germans, the majority of Catholics, Protestants, and clergymen— even those who were not anti-Semites in the strict sense— refused to believe that their government could be capable of such monstrosity. We might do well to learn from their mistakes and remember that trusting governments (or accepting their more dubious explanations without critical inquiry) brands us with the guilt of those who quite simply looked away and kept pretending.
anthropophagous
Archive Audio Images RSS FeedThis is just a collection of things I think are neat.
A general overview of 'things I think are neat':abandonment/the post-industrial midwest, anarchism (syndicalism, insurrectionalism, etc), race/ethnicity (esp. defining/constructing the boundaries of whiteness), gender, class (talking/thinking about class generally seems to be an underrated activity), health care (access to, the experience of obtaining, etc), art, science fiction, punk music, conservative talk radio and anthropology (which probably incorporates almost everything else about people).
