1. Robert Ritter was a German racial scientist doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality.
12 Facts About Robert Ritter
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Robert Ritter attended an exclusive secondary school, as well as a Prussian military academy.
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In 1927, Robert Ritter received his doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Munich.
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Post-doctorate, Robert Ritter continued his education and received a medical degree from Heidelberg University in 1930, and was medically licensed the same year.
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In 1934, two years before being appointed as head of the German police's racial hygiene research unit, Robert Ritter received his specialist certification in child psychology, studying the inheritability of criminality.
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Robert Ritter completed part of his residence in the University of Tubingen.
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Robert Ritter was responsible for the invention of "disguised mental retardation".
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Robert Ritter, heading this organization, had a team of other racial scientists including Eva Justin, Adolf Wurth, Sophie Ehrhardt, and Ruth Kellermann.
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Robert Ritter wanted the data to prove that the Roma and Sinti populations were genetically pre-disposed to crime as a "lesser race".
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Robert Ritter was hired to teach criminal biology at the University of Tubingen from 1944 to 1946, and was later brought in by the Frankfurt Health Office as a pediatrician.
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Robert Ritter hired his former assistant, Eva Justin, to work with him as a psychologist.
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Robert Ritter, who'd been in poor health for some time, died in 1951.