New York McGraw-Hill 1976 2nd prt. hardcover Well-illustrated Fine copy in very good dust jacket 8vo, 256 pp., Translated from the French by Eric Mossbacher.

ISBN10: 007028895X, ISBN13: 9780070288959, [publisher: NY etc~. 1976. McGraw~Hill Book.] Hardcover shiny red, black & gilt embossed hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. 1cm scratch spot on front cover. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. rubbed at spine edges, not torn or price clipped (no price listed). book club edition. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ second printing ( # 2 in # line). 256p. b&w photo illustrations. index. postscript. bibliography. index. translated from the French by Eric Mossbacher (original title ~Au Nom De La Race). world history. history of germany. world war ii. third reich. lebensborn program. eugenics. history of medicine.~ Of Pure Blood is the never~before~told story of Hitler's secret program~the Lebensborn ("Fountain of Life") plan~to breed a master race. The Nazis' leading racial fanatic, S S Chief Heinrich Himmler, set out to fulfill Adolf Hitler's genetic dream to turn the German population into a master race through genetic experimentation and selective breeding. Most of the chosen men were members of the SS; and both men and women were selected on the basis of their shape, form, and coloring. Blond and blue~eyed, the men tall, the women wide~hipped for childbearing, they were to create children "of ...
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