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Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (died 1968)

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Hans F. K. Günther

German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist

Hans Friedrich Karl Günther was a German writer, advocate of scientific racism and eugenicist in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He was also known as "Rassengünther" or "Rassenpapst". He is considered to have been a major influence on Nazi racialist thought.
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