MUDr. Gustav Rösler a Neudeutscher Kulturbund in Österreich : "Pionýři" rasové hygieny v českých zemích

• Authors: Jitka Balcarová

Title variants

EN

MUDr. Gustav Rösler and the Neudeutscher Kulturbund in Österreich : "Pioneers" of racial hygiene in the Czech Lands

DE

MUDr. Gustav Rösler und Neudeutscher Kulturbund in Österreich : "Pioniere" der Rassenhygiene in den böhmischen Ländern

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This contribution focuses on the German physician Gustav Rösler, a pioneer of the thennew science of eugenics, and advocate of the movement for life reform (Lebensreform) in the Bohemian Lands in early 20th century. At this time, interest in social phenomena which were linked to industrialisation and had a negative impact on human health contributed to the creation of organisations and institutions designed to counter these phenomena. At a time when the German national movement was rapidly growing, Gustav Rösler designed a ‘programme of improvement of German fitness’. Its aim was to cultivate mental and physical fitness of the German population, especially the youth. Its institutional foundation was the Liberec-based Neudeutscher Kulturbund in Österreich and the publishing house Neudeutscher Kulturverlag.

Keywords

EN

Czech Lands; 20th century; German National Movement; Movement for Life Reform; Eugenics; Racial Hygiene

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historica: revue pro historii a příbuzné vědy (Historica: Review in history and related sciences)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 142-155
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jitka Balcarová

• Katedra historie, Filozofická fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Reální 5, 701 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic