Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics

The above is a photograph of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in the 1930s. After its founding in 1927, it quickly became the leading German institute in human genetics. But by 1942, it had become a tool in the hands of the state, serving as experts and consultants of Nazi racial policy. As this institute was so utilized by the Nazis, it may come as a surprise to hear that that the founding of the institute was actually funded by the Rockefeller foundation. When Nazi eugenics first developed, US eugenicists thought it was a pretty good idea.