Fritz Lenz

Fritz Lenz
Born
Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz

(1887-03-09)9 March 1887
Died6 July 1976(1976-07-06) (aged 89)
Known forSupposed scientific justification for Nazi ideology
ChildrenHanfried Lenz, Widukind Lenz
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, eugenics, "racial hygiene"
InstitutionsKaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, University of Göttingen
Academic advisorsAlfred Ploetz

Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz (9 March 1887 in Pflugrade, Pomerania – 6 July 1976 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony) was a German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party,[1] and influential specialist in eugenics in Nazi Germany.

  1. ^ "Human biodiversity: genes, race, and history", Jonathan M. Marks. Transaction Publishers, 1995. p. 88. ISBN 0-202-02033-9, ISBN 978-0-202-02033-4.