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fruit of the poisonous tree: using Nazi research data today
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The fruit of the poisonous tree: using Nazi research data today
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0061
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03404K
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1989
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp95-100
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]073167412X
NotesArticle from the book 'The gift of life : commemorative volume which contains the substance of papers presented at the International Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors May 8-12 1985 pp95-100
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
On 20 August 1947, sentences were pronounced upon sixteen defendants - all convicted of war crimes. The tribunal found that from the outbreak of World War II the defendants authorised, supervised, commanded the performance of criminal medical experiments on non-German nationals, including Jews. A legacy of these experiments has been rediscovered in the science of hypothermia, and used in the testing of cold-water survival suits carried in fishing boats
