The conspicuously vigorous manner in which the different pros and cons were applied to the process of eugenic agenda-setting in the case of – voluntary as well as compulsory – sterilisations must be seen as a clear indication of the special interest in these operations. Undoubtedly, the sterilisation discourse that had been taking place, mainly in the Weimar Republic, provided the eugenic and racial policy of the Nazi state – willingly or not – with a, theoretically, quite well elaborated basis for practical measures. It culminated with the National Socialists coming to power and introducing compulsory sterilisations. In Germany, an interdisciplinary discussion about medical possibilities and socio-technological opportunities, as well as the ethical legitimacy and political legality of sterilisation operations, began at the end of the nineteenth century.
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