Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume IIVarious
Philosophy
Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume II
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Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946; War crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg
“(_J_) _Spotted Fever (Fleckfieber)[56] Experiments._ From about
December 1941 to about February 1945 experiments were conducted
at the Buchenwald and Natzweiler concentration camps, for the
benefit of the German Armed Forces, to investigate the
effectiveness of spotted fever and other vaccines. At
Buchenwald, numerous healthy inmates were deliberately infected
with spotted fever virus in order to keep the virus alive; over
90 percent of the victims died as a result. Other healthy
inmates were used to determine the effectiveness of different
spotted fever vaccines and of various chemical substances. In
the course of these experiments 75 percent of the selected
number of inmates were vaccinated with one of the vaccines or
nourished with one of the chemical substances and, after a
period of 3 to 4 weeks, were infected with spotted fever germs.
The remaining 25 percent were infected without any previous
protection in order to compare the effectiveness of the vaccines
and the chemical substances. As a result, hundreds of the
persons experimented upon died. Experiments with yellow fever,
smallpox, typhus, paratyphus A and B, cholera, and diphtheria
were also conducted. Similar experiments with like results were
conducted at Natzweiler concentration camp. The defendants Karl
Brandt, Handloser, Rostock, Schroeder, Genzken, Gebhardt, Rudolf
Brandt, Mrugowsky, Poppendick, Sievers, Rose, Becker-Freyseng,
and Hoven are charged with special responsibility for and
participation in these crimes.
“(_K_) _Experiments with Poison._ In or about December 1943 and
in or about October 1944 experiments were conducted at the
Buchenwald concentration camp to investigate the effect of
various poisons upon human beings. The poisons were secretly
administered to experimental subjects in their food. The victims
died as a result of the poison or were killed immediately in
order to permit autopsies. In or about September 1944
experimental subjects were shot with poison bullets and suffered
torture and death. The defendants Genzken, Gebhardt, Mrugowsky,
and Poppendick are charged with special responsibility for and
participation in these crimes.
“(_L_) _Incendiary Bomb Experiments._ From about November 1943
to about January 1944 experiments were conducted at the
Buchenwald concentration camp to test the effect of various
pharmaceutical preparations on phosphorus burns. These burns
were inflicted on experimental subjects with phosphorus matter
taken from incendiary bombs, and caused severe pain, suffering,
and serious bodily injury. The defendants Genzken, Gebhardt,
Mrugowsky, and Poppendick are charged with special
responsibility for and participation in these crimes.”
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