Will revolutionize reader's understanding of the principles of modern genetics, Nazi racial policies and the relationship between them.

Amir Teicher is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Tel-Aviv University.

Introduction; 1. Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865-1913; 2. Mendelism maturing: from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913-1933; 3. Mendelism, purity and national renewal; 4. Annihilating defective genes: Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign; 5. Mendelizing racial antisemitism; Epilogue: social Mendelism beyond the Nazis.