political parties were driven by special interest, but eugenics was the philosophy that could unite the parties for a meaningful purpose. In a discussion with social democrat Oda Olberg, Olberg shared Schallmayer's view that population degeneration was a danger, but she believed that Schallmayer was one-sided and did not focus on the economic causes of degeneration. References 1857 births 1919 deaths German eugenicists History of eugenics People from Mindelheim Leipzig University alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni