在第三帝国期间,“大多数德国妇科医生和妇产科医生毫不犹豫地为当权者服务。1933年,许多妇科医生最初只关注这样一个事实,即国家社会主义者的生物政治目标与他们对人口政策措施以及早期发现和预防癌症的长期要求相匹配。此外,与纳粹合作承诺了该行业的政治进步,个人优势,以及Volksgesundheitsführer(国家卫生领导人)的荣誉称号。因此,妇科医生与政权交换资源,从而为实施纳粹的刑事种族政策做出了重大贡献。在德国妇科学会“非雅利安”成员大会上,主要是犹太血统,被排除在外,1933年强制绝育法(GesetzzurVerhütungerbkrankenNachwuchses/预防遗传性疾病后代法)在科学上合法化,它的实现被传播,并就其成功的确定性讨论了相关的手术技术。“在这些强制绝育的过程中,现有的怀孕也被终止,受害者被滥用于非法的科学检查或实验。基于种族和功利主义的考虑,妇科医生甚至不回避在第二次世界大战期间对来自东方的强迫劳工进行晚期堕胎,即使在当时的法律下也是严格禁止的。一些妇科医生在集中营里对人类进行了残酷的实验,主要服务于他们自己的职业和当权者的生物政治目标。妇科医生几次抗议或抵制是在他们的职业利益似乎受到威胁的时候,就像家庭分娩和助产士权利的争议一样。魏玛共和国的社会妇科倡议,自1933年以来,主要由因其犹太血统而受到迫害的妇科医生支持和实施,要么转变为国家社会主义“教育计划”,要么由于排除了其发起者而结束。德国妇科医生曾希望大规模推广早期发现子宫和乳房恶性疾病,自20世纪初以来,他们已经对此做出了重要贡献。但是,尽管据称与癌症作斗争是纳粹的优先事项之一,没有采取全面措施。尽管如此,在第二次世界大战之前,一些当地有限的倡议被证明是成功的。此外,德国妇科医生建立了产前护理的现代概念,并继续推进内分泌研究和不育治疗。纳粹独裁统治结束后,这一时期积累起来的历史罪恶感被压制和否认了几十年。它的修订和处理始于1990年代。
During the \"Third Reich,\" the majority of German gynecologists and obstetricians did not hesitate to put themselves at the service of those in power. In 1933, many gynecologists initially only focused on the fact that the biopolitical objectives of the National Socialists matched their own long-standing demands for population policy measures and the early detection and prevention of cancer. In addition, cooperating with the Nazis promised the political advancement of the profession, personal advantages, and the honorary title of Volksgesundheitsführer (national health leaders). As a result, gynecologists exchanged resources with the regime and thus contributed significantly to the implementation of the criminal racial policies of the Nazis. At the congresses of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie (German Society of Gynecology) \"non-Aryan\" members, mostly of Jewish descent, were excluded, the law on forced sterilization of 1933 (Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses/Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases) was scientifically legitimized, its implementation was propagated, and relevant surgical techniques were discussed with regard to their \"certainty of success.\" In the course of these forced sterilizations, existing pregnancies were also terminated and the victims were misused for illegal scientific examinations or experiments. Drawing upon racial and utilitarian considerations, gynecologists did not even shy away from carrying out late abortions on forced laborers from the East during the Second World War, which were strictly prohibited even under the laws of the time. Some gynecologists carried out cruel experiments on humans in concentration camps, which primarily served their own careers and the biopolitical goals of those in power. The few times gynecologists did protest or resist was when the very interests of their profession seemed threatened, as in the dispute over home births and the rights of midwives. Social gynecological initiatives from the Weimar Republic, which were mainly supported and carried out by gynecologists persecuted for their Jewish descent since 1933, were either converted into National Socialist \"education programs\" or simply came to an end due to the exclusion of their initiators. German gynecologists had hoped for a large-scale promotion of the early detection of malignant diseases of the uterus and breasts, to which they had already made important contributions since the beginning of the 20th century. But even though the fight against cancer was allegedly one of the priorities of the Nazis, no comprehensive measures were taken. Still, a few locally limited initiatives to this end proved to be successful until well into the Second World War. In addition, German gynecologists established the modern concept of prenatal care and continued to advance endocrinological research and sterility therapy. After the end of the Nazi dictatorship, the historical guilt piled up during this period was suppressed and denied for decades. Its revision and processing only began in the 1990s.