Hans Betzhold Hess was a Chilean doctor who advocated eugenics [1] in his 1939 book Eugenesia (Eugenics). He was part of the Second Peruvian Conference on Eugenics held in Peru in 1943. [2] He proposed a National Eugenics Department be established in Chile. [3]
He advocated castration as a curative for sexual offenders and sought to eliminate vice and disease by creating a Chilean superman (superhombre) via eugenic selection. [4] He advocated the use of sterilization to achieve "negative eugenics". [5]
His book Eugenesia was published by Zig-Zag. [6]
Hans Betzhold Hess was a Chilean doctor who advocated eugenics [1] in his 1939 book Eugenesia (Eugenics). He was part of the Second Peruvian Conference on Eugenics held in Peru in 1943. [2] He proposed a National Eugenics Department be established in Chile. [3]
He advocated castration as a curative for sexual offenders and sought to eliminate vice and disease by creating a Chilean superman (superhombre) via eugenic selection. [4] He advocated the use of sterilization to achieve "negative eugenics". [5]
His book Eugenesia was published by Zig-Zag. [6]