The former premises of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
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The former premises of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
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Description
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The small, red-painted building with a hipped roof in Berlin-Dahlem housed the leftist students’ space known as the “Rotes Café” (Red Café) from the late 1990s until it was closed for safety reasons in 2017. It was originally constructed in 1926/27 as an animal stable for the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics—an institute that later became closely intertwined with the National Socialist regime’s policies of persecution and extermination. The stable also contained a dissection room, where geneticists conducted experiments to investigate the principles of heredity.
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The building at Ihnestrasse 24 in Berlin-Dahlem today houses offices of Freie Universität Berlin. It was originally built in 1926/27 as the villa for the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics—an institute that later became closely intertwined with the National Socialist regime’s policies of persecution and extermination. In 2014, fragments of human remains were discovered near the villa, very likely connected to the anatomical and anthropological collections once held by the institute.
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The building at Ihnestrasse 22 in Berlin-Dahlem today houses part of the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science of Freie Universität Berlin. It was originally constructed in 1926/27 as the main building of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics. The institute later became closely intertwined with the National Socialist regime’s policies of persecution and extermination.
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Place
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Latitude: 52.448852 | Longitude: 13.278302
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Latitude: 52.448521 | Longitude: 13.277948
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Latitude: 52.448917 | Longitude: 13.277682
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Alternative Title
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The former animal stall building of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics in Berlin.
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The former villa of the director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics in Berlin.
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The former main building of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics at Ihnestrasse 22 in Berlin.
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Rights Holder
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Freie Universität Berlin
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Copyrighted
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Coverage
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Modern period
