James Vincent Murphy James Vincent Murphy James Vincent Murphy (7 July 1880 – 5 July 1946) was an Irish translator, writer, and journalist, who published one of the first complete English translations of "Mein Kampf" in 1939. James Murphy attended St. Patrick's College. He was ordained a priest at St. Patrick's College Chapel in 1905. He left clerical service. Before the Second World War he lived for some time in Italy and Germany. James Vincent Murphy has been accused of translating the German word "Hakenkreuz" (Hooked Cross) which Nazis called their symbol, as "Swastika", a Hindu religious symbol signifying prosperity and wellness. However,
Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under the Nazis Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under the Nazis Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under the Nazis is a non-fiction book by American historian Robert N. Proctor, published in 1988 by Harvard University Press. The author explores the German scientific community’s role in forming and implementing the racial policies of Nazi Germany. In his study, Proctor analyzes how eugenics or “racial hygiene” was used to justify racial programs and traces the progression of eugenic methods, such as involuntary euthanasia, within Germany. "Racial Hygiene" generally received positive reviews for its analysis of medical practitioners’ complicity in Nazi racial doctrine. "Racial Hygiene" discusses the complicity within the