Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race

At the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center:
July 23, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, an exhibition about the role of science in Nazi ideology, is now open at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. The exhibition examines how the Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in the professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder and, ultimately, genocide. Produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, Deadly Medicine will be on display through January 2, 2011.

“Deadly Medicine explores the Holocaust’s roots in then-contemporary scientific and pseudo-scientific thought,” explains exhibition curator Susan Bachrach. “At the same time, it touches on complex ethical issues we face today, such as how societies acquire and use scientific knowledge and how they balance the rights of the individual with the needs of the larger community. We are pleased to be bringing this important exhibition to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and a new Midwest audience.”

Viewer Discretion Advised:  The exhibition contains difficult subject matter and imagery.  It is recommended for visitors 12 years and older.

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