Nazi biological weapons program

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Nazi Germany war program biological weapons program military research program

The Nazi biological weapons program was a secret World War II-era initiative by Nazi Germany to research, develop, and potentially deploy biological agents for warfare and mass harm.

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instanceOf	Nazi Germany war program ⓘ biological weapons program ⓘ military research program ⓘ
aim	development of offensive biological weapons ⓘ potential deployment of biological agents in warfare ⓘ testing of biological agents on humans ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
ethicalAssessment	crime against humanity ⓘ gross violation of medical ethics ⓘ
legacy	Nuremberg Code NERFINISHED ⓘ contribution to development of research ethics codes ⓘ influence on postwar biological weapons policies ⓘ
legalAftermath	acquittal of some involved physicians ⓘ war crimes prosecutions at Nuremberg ⓘ
linkedTo	Holocaust medical crimes NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi human experimentation NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuremberg Doctors' Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Germany ⓘ concentration camps ⓘ occupied Poland ⓘ occupied Soviet territories ⓘ
notableParticipant	Heinrich Himmler NERFINISHED ⓘ Joachim Mrugowsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Mengele NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Blome NERFINISHED ⓘ Waldemar Hoven NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	SS NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchedAgent	anthrax ⓘ botulinum toxin ⓘ cholera ⓘ dysentery ⓘ malaria ⓘ plague ⓘ tuberculosis ⓘ typhoid fever ⓘ typhus ⓘ various bacterial pathogens ⓘ yellow fever ⓘ
researchFocus	aerosol dissemination of pathogens ⓘ contamination of water supplies ⓘ drug and serum testing ⓘ effects of extreme conditions on disease progression ⓘ infectious disease transmission ⓘ mass infection methods ⓘ vaccine development and testing ⓘ
startTime	1930s ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ secret ⓘ
supervisedBy	Reich Ministry of Aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ Reich Ministry of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ Reich Ministry of the Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ SS Main Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
usedFacility	Auschwitz concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Buchenwald concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Dachau concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Sachsenhausen concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedHumanSubjects	Jewish prisoners ⓘ Roma prisoners ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ concentration camp prisoners ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ

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Kurt Blome → participatedIn → Nazi biological weapons program ⓘ