InhaltsangabeAcknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. A 'Purely Theoretical Institute for the study if the nature of man' The Founding of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Genetics and Eugenics, 1920-1927 2. The Human of the Future Under the Scrutiny of Research 3. The 'Faustian Bargain' 4. In the Realm of Opportunity 5. Boundary Transgression 6. Index of Persons 7. Sources and Literature