Eugen Fischer (5 July 1874, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 9 July 1967) was a German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics. He was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics between 1927 and 1942. He was appointed rector of the Frederick William University of Berlin by Adolf Hitler in 1933, and later joined the Nazi Party.
Read more about Eugen Fischer: Early Research, Bastard Studies, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, Nazi Views, Attitude To Jews and Gypsies, Postwar Investigation, Later Life
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“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.”
—Ernst Fischer (1899–1972)