Eugenika. W imię postępu

The documentary traces the emergence of eugenics—a 19th-century pseudoscience that aimed to perfect the human race. It shows that, according to eugenicists, only healthy and creative individuals should reproduce, while the procreation of the sick or disabled and of those deemed racially unworthy (prostitutes, the poor, beggars) should be forbidden. The film reveals how these controversial ideas influenced the intellectual and political elites of the West in the 20th century, including Adolf Hitler, the dictator of the Third Reich. The author of the film argues that modern genetics, the killing of unborn children, and euthanasia have their roots in this infamous pseudoscience.