Germany Grapples with Its African Genocide
Tens of thousands of Namibians were killed in what historians call the 20th century’s first genocide, and Germany is finally close to recognizing it as such.
Read More >>The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by medical student Varun Bora
Although I chose the title of this post, Baylor College of Medicine medical student Varun Bora wrote about the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly medicine delivered by Nazi physicians. While we may be reluctant to accept this fact, the Nazi doctors were almost certainly the best in the world at the time, trained in the scientific educational method that was adopted by American medical schools. As stated in the essay, ".....in the educational setting and as a community as a whole, we should make it a priority to study both the good and bad of these physicians."
Read More >>70th Anniversary of the Doctors’ Trial—History of Nuremberg Code
This article discusses the Nazi Doctors' Trial and its relation to the history of Eugenics. The authors suggest that we must learn these lessons from history in order to safeguard medical ethics today.
Read More >>Roles of Physicians and Nurses in the Medical Experiments Related to “Racial Hygiene”
The unit describes the role of physicians and nurses in furthering "racial hygiene" in the Third Reich.
Read More >>How Doctors Become Killers
The conclusions of how doctors become killers after the review of the 3,000-page transcript of the Nuremberg Medical Trial.
Read More >>How Healers Became Killers
An overview of how nurses and physicians in the Third Reich, sworn to care for their patients, became killers.
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