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Doctors Trial

The Medical Case, or Doctors Trial, was Case #1 of 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings presided over by American military tribunals. Twenty-three leading German physicians and administrators were tried for their participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity; 16 of them were found guilty. The case lasted from December 1946 to August 1947. Explore more content related to the postwar Doctors Trial. 

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Defendant Karl Brandt testifies during the Doctors' Trial. [LCID: 06232]
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Brandt testifies at the Doctors' Trial
Trifold entry permit with typed text in black ink. Multiple languages are printed. The front page includes three color flag illustrations. From left to right: United States of America, France, and Great Britain.
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Jadwiga Dzido's military entry permit
Trifold entry permit with typed text in black ink. The permit is printed in multiple languages and includes several faded stamps.
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Jadwiga Dzido's military entry permit
Medical Case: US prosecutor details illegal experiments [LCID: dfa0423n]
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Medical Case: US prosecutor details illegal experiments
Printed German medical chain of command with Hitler at the very top.
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Medical chain of command in the Third Reich
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Medical Experiments
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Nazi Medical Experiments - Historical Film Footage
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Nazi Medical Experiments - Photograph
Four women stand in a small group outside of a train station. All are wearing traveling clothes with their suitcases by their feet.
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Ravensbrück: Liberation and Postwar Trials
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Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings (Abridged Article) - Historical Film Footage
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Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings (Abridged Article) - Photograph
Wladislava Karolewska, a victim of medical experiments at the Ravensbrueck camp, was one of four Polish women who appeared as prosecution ... [LCID: 43019]
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The Doctors Trial: The Medical Case of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings
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The Doctors Trial: The Medical Case of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings - Photograph
Verdict announced in Medical Case [LCID: dfm0673s]
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Verdict announced in Medical Case
Victims of medical experiments testify during Medical Case [LCID: dfm0674v]
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Victims of medical experiments testify during Medical Case
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War Crimes Trials (Abridged Article) - Historical Film Footage

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