This chapter, which sums up the key findings of this study about the “Faustian bargain” made by German geneticists with Nazi officials, suggests that the main factor in this deal is the way human genetics and politics served as “resources” for each other. The chapter also describes how human genetics knowledge was propagated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics (KWIA), the German Research Institute for Psychiatry (GRIP), in scientific conferences, and in secondary schools. It also highlights the role of genetics and eugenics in strengthening Nazi...

This chapter, which sums up the key findings of this study about the “Faustian bargain” made by German geneticists with Nazi officials, suggests that the main factor in this deal is the way human genetics and politics served as “resources” for each other. The chapter also describes how human genetics knowledge was propagated at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics (KWIA), the German Research Institute for Psychiatry (GRIP), in scientific conferences, and in secondary schools. It also highlights the role of genetics and eugenics in strengthening Nazi racial policy.