THE DOCTORS’ TRIAL The United States of America vs. Karl Brandt et al. US Military Tribunal Nuremberg, Judgment of 19 July 1947 Page numbers in braces refer to US Military Tribunal Nuremberg, judgment of 19 July 1947, in Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals , Vol. II 1 XII. JUDGMENT ..................................................................................................................5 The Jurisdiction of the Tribunal.........................................................................................6 The Charge.......................................................................................................................6 COUNT ONE— The Common Design or Conspiracy....................................................6 COUNTS TWO AND THREE— War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. ................7 COUNT FOUR— Membership in Criminal Organization..............................................11 The Proof as to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity............................................11 PERMISSIBLE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS .................................................................11 THE MEDICAL SERVICE IN GERMANY ....................................................................14 Army Medical Service ...............................................................................................14 Luftwaffe Medical Service .........................................................................................14 SS Medical Service...................................................................................................15 Medical Service of the Waffen SS.............................................................................15 Civilian Medical Service ............................................................................................15 Reorganization of Wehrmacht Medical Service ........................................................16 THE AHNENERBE SOCIETY......................................................................................17 Karl Brandt......................................................................................................................18 SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................20 EPIDEMIC JAUNDICE EXPERIMENTS......................................................................21 LOST (MUSTARD) GAS EXPERIMENTS ...................................................................21 FREEZING, MALARIA, BONE. MUSCLE AND NERVE REGENERATION AND BONE TRANSPLANTATION, SEA-WATER, STERILIZATION, AND TYPUS EXPERIMENTS .....................................................................................................................................22 EUTHANASIA..............................................................................................................22 MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION..........................................................24 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................24 Handloser .......................................................................................................................24 FREEZING EXPERIMENTS........................................................................................26 SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................26 TYPHUS EXPERIMENTS............................................................................................27 OTHER EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................................30 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................31 Rostock...........................................................................................................................31 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................32 Schroeder .......................................................................................................................33 HIGH-ALTITUDE EXPERIMENTS...............................................................................33 EPIDEMIC JAUNDICE EXPERIMENTS......................................................................33 FREEZING EXPERIMENTS........................................................................................34 TYPHUS EXPERIMENTS............................................................................................34 GAS EXPERIMENTS...................................................................................................35 SEA-WATER EXPERIMENTS.....................................................................................35 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................37 Genzken .........................................................................................................................38 SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................38 TYPHUS EXPERIMENTS............................................................................................39 MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION..........................................................41 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................42 Gebhardt.........................................................................................................................42 SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................42 BONE, MUSCLE AND NERVE REGENERATION AND BONE TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIMENTS ...........................................................................................................43 2 SEPSIS (PHLEGMON) EXPERIMENTS ............................................................................44 SEA-WATER EXPERIMENTS ..........................................................................................44 STERILIZATION EXPERIMENTS................................................................................44 HIGH-ALTITUDE, FREEZING, MALARIA, LOST GAS, EPIDEMIC JAUNDICE, TYPHUS, POISON, AND INCENDIARY BOMB EXPERIMENTS ................................................45 MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION..........................................................45 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................46 Blome..............................................................................................................................46 FREEZING EXPERIMENTS........................................................................................46 MALARIA EXPERIMENTS ..........................................................................................47 LOST GAS EXPERIMENTS ........................................................................................47 EXTERMINATION OF TUBERCULAR POLES ...........................................................47 EUTHANASIA PROGRAM ..........................................................................................50 BACTERIOLOGICAL WARFARE ................................................................................50 POLYGAL EXPERIMENTS .........................................................................................51 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................51 Rudolf Brandt..................................................................................................................51 HIGH-ALTITUDE EXPERIMENTS...............................................................................52 FREEZING EXPERIMENTS........................................................................................52 LOST (MUSTARD) GAS EXPERIMENTS ...................................................................52 STERILIZATION EXPERIMENTS................................................................................53 TYPHUS EXPERIMENTS............................................................................................53 SKELETON COLLECTION..........................................................................................54 MALARIA, SEA-WATER, AND EPIDEMIC JAUNDICE EXPERIMENTS; AND THE CHARGE OF THE MURDER AND MISTREATMENT OF POLES...............................54 MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION..........................................................55 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................55 Mrugowsky......................................................................................................................55 TYPHUS AND OTHER VACCINE EXPERIMENTS.....................................................56 POISON EXPERIMENTS ............................................................................................58 SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS..............................................................................59 GAS OEDEMA EXPERIMENTS ..................................................................................59 FREEZING, INCENDIARY BOMB, AND EPIDEMIC JAUNDICE EXPERIMENTS......60 COUNT FOUR.............................................................................................................60 CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................60