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Subjects covered are the principles of plant propagation (which are the same for animals and human beings, according to Franke), the weakening of the blood line, the effect of the size of the population on the environment, characteristics of the Chinese, hereditary family characteristics and genealogical research, hereditary science, racial hygiene and population politics (the importance of preserving valuable ancestors), the influence of social level in society on marriage and children, the effect of mixing the blood of white, Asian and black people on size, intellect, Das Judentum, etc.

Vererbung und Rasse (Heredity and Race) is a rare Nazi book that expounds at length on the theory of heredity and evolution, racial hygiene and ethnology, written by Dr. Gustav Franke. In his foreword he remarks that in recent years this important subject has fortunately received a lot of attention. In this updated Third Edition from 1943, Franke expanded on the original 1934 and 1938 text to supply more in-depth information as well as additional subjects such as the characteristics of race, and population politics of Nazi Germany. The book contains 40 photographs and illustrations and four charts in support of the text.

Above, a family tree showing the descendants of Queen Victoria of England and Prince Albert. Albert and Victoria were first cousins, sharing a set of grandparents. Victoria's mother, Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Prince Albert's father, Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were brother and sister.

There are tables and charts as well as images of the different races, such as white Europeans, mongoloid (yellow), negroes (black), even Chinese Boy Scouts. The last page in the book has an Index as well as explanations of technical terms in this book such as genetics , chromosomes, cytology, Mischling, etc.

Dr. Gustav Franke considered the cost to the German Reich of Erblich Minderwertigen (people with inferior genes) to be unsustainable and therefor he had to be in favor of the National Socialist racial laws. He quotes the Rassenpolitische Amt der NSDAP and their position on what is best for the future of Nazi Germany. He comes to the conclusion that the battle for race in Germany is not a fight, but a plea to muster all the good forces in the German people!

Above, the number of known children by great men such as Friedrich the Great, Albrecht Dürer, Napoleon, Bismarck, Rembrandt, Richard Wagner and Benjamin Franklin. "Humantity would have suffered if they would only have had two children!"

Shown left is a fascinating chart showing the percentage of Jews in the total population of the state of Prussia (1.05%), and the Jewish percentage in professions such as banking, doctors and dentists, theater owners, property owners, etc. in Prussia and Berlin.

This is a very nice 6 x 8-3/8 inch, 174 page hardcover example of Vererbung und Rasse with a fine linen spine. It was published by Deutscher Volksverlag of Munich, printed in Strassburg, and this is an updated Third Edition from 1943. It looks as if it went unread and has a tight spine, and no odor.