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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instanceOf Nuremberg military tribunal ⓘ
crimes against humanity trial ⓘ
post–World War II trial ⓘ
war crimes trial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Doctors' Trial ⓘ
United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al. ⓘ
alternateJudge Victor C. Swearingen ⓘ
chiefOfCounselForProsecution Telford Taylor ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
criminalOrganizationMentioned Nazi Party leadership ⓘ
Reich government ⓘ
SS ⓘ
defendant Fritz Fischer ⓘ
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 ⓘ
international human rights law on medical experimentation ⓘ
judge Harold L. Sebring ⓘ
Johnson T. Crawford ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalBasis Allied Control Council Law No. 10 ⓘ
legalOutcome established individual criminal responsibility for medical war crimes ⓘ
location American Zone of Occupation in Germany ⓘ
Nuremberg ⓘ
mainCharge crimes against humanity ⓘ
membership in a criminal organization ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
numberOfAcquittals 7 ⓘ
numberOfDeathSentences 7 ⓘ
numberOfDefendants 23 ⓘ
numberOfLifeSentences 5 ⓘ
numberOfOtherPrisonSentences 4 ⓘ
organizedBy United States military authorities ⓘ
partOf Subsequent Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
linked to: Nuremberg trials
presidingJudge Walter B. Beals ⓘ
prosecutor James M. McHaney ⓘ
resultedIn Nuremberg Code ⓘ
startDate 1946-12-09 ⓘ
subjectOfProsecution bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration experiments ⓘ
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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Doctors' Trial → alsoKnownAs → Medical Case ⓘ