Carl Clauberg was a German research gynecologist. During the Holocaust, he conducted medical experiments on the female prisoners at Auschwitz. His mass sterilization experiments caused severe pain and sometimes death. Clauberg also experimented on women imprisoned in the Ravensbrück camp.
![Nazi physician Carl Clauberg (at left), who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 67417]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5e762d89-31b4-4435-bbaa-9bc4bda89385.jpg "Nazi physician Carl Clauberg (at left), who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 67417]")
Nazi physician Carl Clauberg (at left), who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. Poland, between 1941 and 1944.
Item View![Nazi physician Carl Clauberg, who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 27044]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8fd9bdd5-1119-4671-be39-701d9eff9aa3.jpg "Nazi physician Carl Clauberg, who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 27044]")
Nazi physician Carl Clauberg, who performed medical experiments on prisoners in Block 10 of the Auschwitz camp. Place and date uncertain.
Item View![Walking to a ceremony; From left to right: Dr. Carl Clauberg, Dr. [LCID: 34805]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0f8c7f04-29df-452f-bf2e-c76ffc098aa3.jpg "Walking to a ceremony; From left to right: Dr. Carl Clauberg, Dr. [LCID: 34805]")
Walking to a ceremony; from left to right: Dr. Carl Clauberg, Dr. Enno Lolling, Karl Höcker (behind), Richard Baer, Dr. Eduard Wirths, Karl Bischoff (behind Wirths on the right) Rudolf Höss, and Karl Möckel.
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