RT Journal
T1 Doctors of infamy: The story of the nazi medical crimes
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD December 17
VO 141
IS 16
SP 1195
OP 1195
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02910160085034
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910160085034
AB This book is the record of the action of the American military tribunal which inquired into the German medical war crimes. Many of the greatest leaders of German medicine cooperated in these studies. The book includes statements by the leading figures in the trials, a discussion of medical ethics and a pictorial section. It becomes clear that the "doctors of infamy" were not animated by any craving for research which would lead ultimately to the prolonging or saving of human life. They were carrying out orders from the central government, and they manufactured excuses for their conduct, rationalizing as human beings sometimes do who wish to be freed from feelings of guilt. Many thousands of the tuberculous were killed simply to get rid of them. Many thousands were sterilized by roentgen rays and others by injections. Already the facts have been widely emphasized that little or nothing of any value