Medical Case
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The Medical Case, also known as the Doctors' Trial, was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which Nazi physicians and officials were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to inhumane medical experiments and mass murder.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Medical Case canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nuremberg military tribunal
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crimes against humanity trial ⓘ post–World War II trial ⓘ war crimes trial ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Doctors' Trial
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United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al. ⓘ |
| alternateJudge | Victor C. Swearingen ⓘ |
| chiefOfCounselForProsecution | Telford Taylor ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalOrganizationMentioned |
Nazi Party officials
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surface form:
Nazi Party leadership
Reich government ⓘ SS ⓘ |
| defendant |
Fritz Fischer
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Herta Oberheuser ⓘ Joachim Mrugowsky ⓘ Karl Brandt ⓘ Karl Gebhardt ⓘ Karl Genzken ⓘ Oskar Schröder ⓘ Rudolf Brandt ⓘ Viktor Brack ⓘ Wolfram Sievers ⓘ |
| endDate | 1947-08-20 ⓘ |
| heldAt | Palace of Justice, Nuremberg ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern research ethics
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international human rights law on medical experimentation ⓘ |
| judge |
Harold L. Sebring
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Johnson T. Crawford ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
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German ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | established individual criminal responsibility for medical war crimes ⓘ |
| location |
American Zone of Occupied Germany
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surface form:
American Zone of Occupation in Germany
Nuremberg ⓘ |
| mainCharge |
crimes against humanity
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membership in a criminal organization ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| numberOfAcquittals | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfDeathSentences | 7 ⓘ |
| numberOfDefendants | 23 ⓘ |
| numberOfLifeSentences | 5 ⓘ |
| numberOfOtherPrisonSentences | 4 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | United States military authorities ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nuremberg trials
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surface form:
Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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| presidingJudge | Walter B. Beals ⓘ |
| prosecutor | James M. McHaney ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Nuremberg Code ⓘ |
| startDate | 1946-12-09 ⓘ |
| subjectOfProsecution |
bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration experiments
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euthanasia killings ⓘ experiments on concentration camp inmates ⓘ forced sterilization experiments ⓘ freezing experiments ⓘ high-altitude experiments ⓘ incendiary bomb experiments ⓘ inhumane medical experiments ⓘ malaria experiments ⓘ mass murder ⓘ mustard gas experiments ⓘ poison experiments ⓘ sea-water experiments ⓘ sulfonamide experiments ⓘ typhus experiments ⓘ |
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