[Forced sterilisation based on the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring. The role of the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt (State Hospital) Günzburg].

Objective: From 1934 to 1945, 350,000-400,000 human beings were sterilised by force in the German Reich. Forced sterilisation was based on the Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses (Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring). The Heil- und Pflegeanstalt (State Hospital) Günzburg was one of the institutions where compulsory sterilisation was practised.