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
At the Fourth Meeting of Consulting Physicians held at Hohenlychen, 16
to 18 May 1944, Karl Brandt—in addressing the meeting—said that
Handloser, a soldier and a physician, was “responsible for the use and
the performance of our medical officers”.
Schreiber, until 30 May 1943 a close subordinate of Handloser in his
capacity of Army Medical Inspector, was a member of the Reich Research
Council, paying particular regard to the control of epidemics as his
special field. Schreiber frequently reported to Handloser, with whom he
had worked for some years.
FREEZING EXPERIMENTS
Professor Dr. Holzloehner, who with Drs. Finke and Rascher performed
freezing experiments on concentration camp inmates at Dachau, made
reports on at least two occasions to groups of army physicians
concerning cold and freezing problems. The first such report was made at
a meeting held on 26 to 27 October 1942, which was called to consider
problems concerning cold. Schreiber, who held a responsible position
under Handloser from 1 April 1942 to 31 May 1943, was present at this
meeting, as was Craemer, head of the Mountain Medical School of the army
at St. Johann, which was also under Handloser’s jurisdiction. During the
meeting and after Holzloehner had made his report, Rascher also made
statements before the meeting concerning these experiments, from which
it was obvious that statements contained in the reports were based upon
observations made by experimenting on human beings. From the two reports
it was clear that concentration camp inmates had been experimented upon
and that some deaths had resulted.
Holzloehner was invited to lecture again upon this subject at the Second
Meeting of the Consulting Physicians of the Wehrmacht, held 30 November
to 3 December 1942, at the Military Medical Academy at Berlin. Handloser
heard this talk by Holzloehner and testified that the matter of cold and
freezing was one of the most important problems to the army.
We think it manifestly clear from the evidence dealing with freezing
that Handloser had actual knowledge that such experiments had been
conducted upon inmates at Dachau concentration camp, during the course
of which suffering and deaths had resulted to the experimental subjects.
SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS
Handloser is charged with participation in the sulfanilamide experiments
conducted by the defendant Gebhardt. These experiments were conducted at
Ravensbrueck concentration camp during a period extending from 20 July
1942 to August 1943 upon concentration camp inmates without their
consent. While these experiments were still in progress Gebhardt was
invited to present a report on his research findings at the Third
Meeting of the Consulting Physicians held on 18 and 19 May 1943, at the
Military Medical Academy in Berlin. Handloser was present at that
meeting; in fact, he had addressed the meeting prior to Gebhardt’s
giving his report.
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