Th. Dobzhansky's book "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937) and Its Influence on German-Speaking Biology on an Example of Gerhard Heberer's Lecture
The brief analysis of the evolutionary theory in Nazi Germany is given. Particular attention is paid to the conflict between paleontology and genetics. The influence ofthe 1939 German translation of Th. Dobzhansky's “Genetics and the Origin of species” is considered. The Lectures of Gerhard Heberer, the popular writer of Darwinism, delivered in the first trimester of 1940 and published in Jena University are an example of Dobzhansky's influence on the German intellectual landscape.