Nazi doctors, racial medicine, and human experimentation
TitleNazi doctors, racial medicine, and human experimentation
Author
Call number179.7/0008
Object number04347A
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
1992
Physical descriptionpp17-31
MaterialArticle
ISBN0195070429
NotesArticle from the book 'The Nazi doctors and the Nuremberg code' pp17-31
Description
Nazi experimentation is rooted in the pre-1933 racial hygiene movement. This article states that far from being passive pawns or a small minority in the Nazi effort, physicians were instrumental in formulating and took the lead in carrying out the Nazi racial hygiene program.