LEADER 03175ngm 22004813i 4500001 ASP1641520/flon 005 20200422111410.0 006 m||||||||c|||||||| 007 cr |n|---||a|a 007 vz |zazu| 008 080405s1995 nyu051 g |s v|eng|d 035 (Sirsi) a5261132 035 (OCoLC)747797402 040 VaAlASP |cVaAlASP |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-va 100 1 Trombley, Stephen. |=^A136343 245 14 The Lynchburg story : |beugenic sterilization in America / |cdirected by Stephen Trombley and produced by Bruce Eadie. 260 New York, NY : |bFilmakers Library, |c1995. 300 1 online resource (51 min.). 336 two-dimensional moving image |btdi |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 500 Originally released as DVD. 500 Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011). 520 In the early years of this century, authorities were obsessed with a belief that the "racial stock" of the country was in decline. By the 1930s, over half the states had enacted eugenic sterilization laws, giving states the right to forcibly sterilize citizens they deemed "unfit" to reproduce. This haunting film tells the story of what happened at The Lynchburg Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded in Virginia. There, between 1927 and 1972, over 8,000 children and young teenagers were forcibly sterilized. The state claimed they had hereditary defects that would be passed on to their potential offspring: in fact most were simply poor, ill-educated and considered a financial burden on the state. Sterilization victims interviewed today tell of the devastating impact on their lives.These individual tragedies have a broader political context. The sterilization law declared constitutional in the U.S. in 1927 became the basis of Hitler's eugenics program. It was the beginning of the Holocaust as sterilization gave way to killing undesirables. American biologist, Dr. Harry Laughlin, who drafted the legislation, was awarded an honorary doctorate in Germany in 1936. Goebbels was the guest of honor. 521 For College; Adult audiences. 546 This edition in English. 650 0 Eugenics |zVirginia |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A3045 650 0 Involuntary sterilization |zVirginia |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A364512 655 7 Documentary films. |2lcgft 700 1 Eadie, Bruce. |=^A1391011 776 1 |cOriginal |w(OCoLC)747797402 856 40 |uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?FLON;1641520 944 1784823 905 |uadmin 945 The Whole World |cChina 901 ASP1641520/flon |bVaAlASP |c25316 |tbiblio 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner198 |ojjlm 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl109 |ojjlm 596 1 4 998 5261132