▁believe ▁that ▁domestic ation ▁resulting ▁from ▁urban isation ▁in ▁humans ▁might ▁also ▁cause ▁d ys gen ic ▁effects , ▁and ▁to ▁argue ▁in ▁two ▁papers ▁that ▁the ▁Naz i ▁e ugen ics ▁policies ▁against ▁this ▁were ▁therefore ▁scientific ally ▁just ified . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁psych ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁König s berg . ▁He ▁was ▁draft ed ▁into ▁the ▁We hr macht ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁He ▁sought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁motor cycle ▁mechan ic , ▁but ▁instead ▁he ▁was ▁assigned ▁as ▁a ▁military ▁psych ologist , ▁conduct ing ▁ra cial ▁studies ▁on ▁humans ▁in ▁occupied ▁Poz na ń ▁under ▁Rudolf ▁Hi pp ius . ▁The ▁objective ▁was ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁bi ological ▁characteristics ▁of ▁" G erman - Pol ish ▁half - bre eds " ▁to ▁determine ▁whether ▁they ▁' ben ef itted ' ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁work ▁eth ics ▁as ▁' p ure ' ▁Germ ans . ▁The ▁degree ▁to ▁which ▁Lor enz ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁project ▁is ▁unknown , ▁but ▁the ▁project ▁director ▁Hi pp ius ▁referred ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁times ▁to ▁Lor enz ▁as ▁an ▁" ex am ining ▁psych ologist ". ▁ ▁Lor enz ▁later ▁described ▁that ▁he ▁once ▁saw ▁trans ports ▁of ▁concentration ▁camp ▁in m ates ▁at ▁Fort ▁VII ▁near ▁Poz na ń , ▁which ▁made ▁him ▁" fully ▁realize ▁the ▁complete ▁in human ity ▁of ▁the ▁Naz is ". ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁front ▁in ▁ 1 9