Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume IIVarious
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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
Freezing experiments were carried out at Dachau concentration camp for
the benefit of the Luftwaffe, during the year 1942. Details of these
experiments are discussed elsewhere in this judgment.
It is conclusively shown from the evidence dealing with freezing that as
early as the year 1943 Schroeder 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.
TYPHUS EXPERIMENTS
Experiments in connection with typhus were conducted at Schirmeck and
Natzweiler concentration camps during the years 1942, 1943, and 1944.
The details of these experiments are discussed elsewhere in this
judgment.
The experiments were carried out by a Luftwaffe medical officer,
Professor Dr. Haagen. As a medical officer of the Luftwaffe he was
subject to Schroeder’s orders after the latter became Chief of the
Medical Service of the Luftwaffe. The office of Schroeder issued and
approved the research assignments pursuant to which these experiments
were carried out. It provided the funds for the research. One of the
chief collaborators in the program was the defendant Rose, consultant to
the Chief of the Medical Service of the Luftwaffe.
Correspondence was carried on between Haagen and the Chief of Staff for
the defendant Schroeder with reference to whether a typhus epidemic
prevailing at Natzweiler was connected in any manner with the vaccine
research then being conducted. The office of the Chief of the Medical
Service of the Luftwaffe received reports on the experiments from which
it could be clearly perceived that typhus vaccine experiments were being
performed on concentration camp inmates.
While the experiments were in progress, Schroeder admits having visited
Haagen at Strasbourg, but denies that he talked with Haagen about the
experiments. The defendant’s assertion that the experiments were not
discussed does not carry conviction.
As has been pointed out in this judgment, the law of war imposes on a
military officer in a position of command an affirmative duty to take
such steps as are within his power and appropriate to the circumstances
to control those under his command for the prevention of acts which are
violations of the law of war.
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