Event
Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg, 1946-47, of 23 German physicians and administrators for medical experiments on camp prisoners.
- Dates
- 9 Dec 1946 – Aug 1947
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- United States government its military tribunal tried the case Scholarship & press 1
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Timeline 1 date
- 9 Dec 1946 – Aug 1947 Nuremberg Doctors' Trial
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The Doctors Trial: The Medical Case of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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On December 9, 1946, an American military tribunal opened criminal proceedings against 23 leading German physicians and administrators for their willing participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This was Case #1 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings.
Sixteen of the doctors were found guilty. Seven were sentenced to death.
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The Nuremberg Code, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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It also revised the original six points into ten
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