The day after Anschluss, Pernkopf is appointed Dean of the University of Vienna Medical School. Around April 6th, he gives a speech to the faculty (pictured below) in full Nazi uniform. He promotes rassenhygiene – racial hygiene – and eugenics. He enforces Aryanization and expels as many as 77% of the faculty in the medical school for not meeting his definition of Aryan. Finally, he unifies the two anatomical institutes at the Vienna Medical School.
