Fritz Lenz | |
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| Born | Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz 9 March 1887 |
| Died | 6 July 1976 (aged 89) |
| Known for | Supposed scientific justification for Nazi ideology |
| Children | Hanfried Lenz, Widukind Lenz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, eugenics, "racial hygiene" |
| Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, University of Göttingen |
| Academic advisors | Alfred 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.