When one thinks about eugenics , they usually link the condition with the horrible crimes of Nazi Germany and their unfounded and direful estimation of race and whiteness . But the exercise and protagonism of eugenics have a long history . ten before the rise of Hitler , The Eugenics Society was recommend the forced sterilisation of unwanted people in the US , Britain and Western Europe .
In 1907 , India pass a sterilisation law barring sure categories of disabled people from having children ( a alike law was passed in Germany in 1933 ) . By 1938 , if you had been classified as insane , preposterous , imbecile , feebleminded or epileptic you could be forcibly sterilize in 38 states in the USA . A mental institution in Lincoln , Illinois euthanized its patient by giving them milkfrom a ruck suffering from tuberculosis . Similar laws were give during the 20s and XXX in Norway , Sweden , Denmark , and Finland .
Great Britain never had such laws , but the Eugenic Society was very active since its inception in 1907 and tried passing several man of statute law . In 1908 Sir James Crichton - Brown recommend the mandatory sterilization of those with learning disabilities and mental unwellness to the Royal Commision on the Care and Control of the Feeble - Minded . This was support by Winston Churchill . In 1931 , Labour MP Archibald Church put forward a account very much in line with the eugenics legislation being approve around the world .
Eugenic Society group meeting . Public Library / News Dog Media
These laws were repealed after the second human race war but these images stand as a monitor of the barbaric treatment of the many masses experienced by our " civilized " order .
