https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/files/original/184/5105/328a8435-e679-4353-bda6-ea2fe87817d2.jpg 7b8f99cdf3d1c1fb79dd6768b9c3726f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gendered Dimensions of Genocide - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gerda D. was sterilized after a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik Fachkrankenhaus fuer Neurologie Subject The topic of the resource Holocaust Description An account of the resource On July 14, 1933, the Nazi dictatorship enacted the Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases. Individuals who were subject to the law were those men and women who “suffered” from any of nine conditions listed in the law: hereditary feeblemindedness, schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorder, hereditary epilepsy, Huntington’s chorea (a rare and fatal degenerative disease), hereditary blindness, hereditary deafness, severe physical deformity, and chronic alcoholism. Gerda D., a shopworker, was one of an estimated 400,000 Germans who were forcibly sterilized. She was sterilized after a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. Later, Nazi authorities forbade Gerda to marry because of the sterilization. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Karl-Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik Fachkrankenhaus fuer Neurologie Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived United States Holocaust Memorial Museum