Take Otmar von Verschuer, who had plundered the tiny bodies of Auschwitz victims for his twin studies during the Holocaust: after being banned from teaching temporarily, in 1951 he became professor of human genetics at the University of Münster. Many scientists similarly changed tack, gently maneuvering themselves out of eugenics into allied fields that studied human difference in less controversial and more rigorous ways, such as genetics.
It's super interesting to a) learn about how 'we' in West Germany dealt with the issue b) how different the reaction in th…
I think a good novel about this is https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Ja..., especially once you start to read up on the background. It's ridiculous