Nuremberg Doctors' Trial

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The Nuremberg Doctors' Trial was a post–World War II military tribunal in which Nazi physicians and medical administrators were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity arising from inhumane medical experiments and the implementation of the euthanasia program.

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instanceOf Nuremberg trial
military tribunal
post–World War II trial
war crimes trial
alsoKnownAs Doctors' Trial
United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al.
alternateJudge Victor C. Swearingen
charge conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity
crimes against humanity
membership in a criminal organization
war crimes
chiefProsecutor Telford Taylor
country United States of America
criminalOrganizationReferenced SS
defendant Adolf Pokorny
Bruno Beger
Fritz Fischer
Gerhard Rose
Hans Wolfgang Romberg
Helmut Poppendick
Hermann Becker-Freyseng
Herta Oberheuser
Joachim Mrugowsky
Karl Becker
Karl Brandt
Karl Gebhardt
Karl Genzken
Konrad Schaefer
Kurt Blome
Oskar Schröder
Paul Rostock
Rudolf Brandt
Siegfried Ruff
Viktor Brack
Wilhelm Beiglböck
Wolfram Sievers
endDate 1947-08-20
influenced Nuremberg Code
judge Harold L. Sebring
Johnson T. Crawford
language English
German
legalBasis Control Council Law No. 10
location American occupation zone in Germany
Nuremberg
Nuremberg Palace of Justice
numberOfAcquittals 7
numberOfConvictedDefendants 16
numberOfDeathSentences 7
numberOfDefendants 23
numberOfIndictedDefendants 23
organizedBy Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
presidingJudge Walter B. Beals
prosecutor James M. McHaney
result convictions for war crimes and crimes against humanity
establishment of the Nuremberg Code
significance foundation for modern research ethics
precedent for prosecution of medical crimes under international law
startDate 1946-12-09
topic Nazi euthanasia program
Nazi human experimentation
medical war crimes
triedBy U.S. military tribunal

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Nuremberg Milch Trial relatedTo Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
Harold L. Sebring participatedIn Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
Herta Oberheuser subjectOf Nuremberg Doctors' Trial judgment
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Gerhard Rose legalAction Nuremberg Military Tribunal I (Doctors' Trial)
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Walter Darré participantIn Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
subject linked to: Walter Darre
Nuremberg Ministries Trial judgment follows Nuremberg Doctors Trial judgment
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Paul Rostock subjectOf Nuremberg Doctors' Trial records
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Wilhelm Beiglböck subjectOf Nuremberg Doctors' Trial judgment
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Johnson T. Crawford subjectOf post–World War II Doctors' Trial of Nazi physicians for war crimes and crimes against humanity
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SS doctors someMembersTriedAt Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
Walther Darré participantIn Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
Herta Oberheuser partOf Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
subject linked to: Oberheuser
Nazi biological weapons program linkedTo Nuremberg Doctors' Trial