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{{r|Nazi freezing experiments}} August 1942 - May 1943. Conducted primarily for the German air force to investigate treatments for persons who had been severely chilled, using prisoners at the [Dachau Concentration Camp]] camp. The [[Medical Case (NMT) indicted [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Oskar Schroeder]], [[Wolfram Sievers]], and [[Georg August Weltz]]. [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], and [[Georg August Weltz]] were acquitted; [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi malaria experiments}} February 1942 - April 1945. Conducted to test immunization for and treatment of [[malaria]]; experiments were conducted on more than 1000 prisoners at [Dachau Concentration Camp]]. Charged against [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. (Evidence was also presented against Rose, but no judgment was reached.) No judgment was made concerning [[Karl Mrugowsky]]. [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], and [[Paul Rostock]] were acquitted; [[Wolfram Sievers]] was convicted.
{{r|Nazi mustard gas experiments}} September 1939 - April 1945. Conducted for the benefit of the German armed forces to investigate treatment of injuries caused by Lost (mustard) gas; experiments were conducted at Sachsenhausen, [Natzweiler  Concentration Camp]], and other camps. Charged against [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], and [[Paul Rostock]] were acquitted; [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi sulfanilamide experiments}} July 1942 - September 1943. Conducted for the benefit of the German armed forces to test the effectiveness of sulfanilamide and other drugs as treatments for infected wounds; experiments were conducted at Ravensbrueck. Charged against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Fritz Fischer]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Genzken]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], [[Herta Oberheuser]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Oskar Schroeder]]. Charges against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Kurt Blomer]], and [[Oskar Schroeder]] were withdrawn. No judgment was reached concerning [[Rudolf Brandt]]. [[Karl Genzken]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], and [[Paul Rostock]] were acquitted; [[Karl Brandt]], [[Fritz Fischer]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], and [[Herta Oberheuser]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration, and bone transplant experiments}} September 1942 - December 1943. Conducted for benefit of German armed forces, using Polish inmates at the Ravensbrueck camp. Charged against [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Fritz Fischer]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Herta Oberheuser]], and [[Paul Rostock]]. Charge against [[Rudolf Brandt]] withdrawn. [[Karl Brandt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], and [[Paul Rostock]] were acquitted; [[Fritz Fischer]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], and [[Herta Oberheuser]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi seawater experiments}} July - September 1944. Conducted for the German air force and navy to test methods of making seawater drinkable; experiments were conducted at [Dachau Concentration Camp]]. Charged against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], Beiglboeck, [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], Schaefer, [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. The charge against [[Karl Mrugowsky]] was withdrawn. [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and Schaefer were acquitted; [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], Beiglboeck, [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi epidemic jaundice experiments}} June 1943 - January 1945. Conducted for the benefit of the German armed forces to investigate causes of and inoculations against epidemic jaundice; experiments were conducted on Polish prisoners at Sachsenhausen and [Natzweiler  Concentration Camp]] camps. Charged against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], Rose, [[Paul Rostock]], [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. Charges against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], Rose, and [[Wolfram Sievers]] were withdrawn. [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Oskar Schroeder]] were acquitted; [[Karl Brandt]] was convicted.
{{r|Naxi typhus and other vaccine experiments}} December 1941 - February 1945. Conducted for the benefit of the German armed forces to test the effectiveness of vaccines against typhus, smallpox, cholera, and other diseases; experiments were conducted at [Buchenwald  Concentration Camp]] and [Natzweiler  Concentration Camp]]. Charged against [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Genzken]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Waldemar Hoven]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], Rose, [[Paul Rostock]], [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], and [[Paul Rostock]] were acquitted; [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Genzken]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Waldemar Hoven]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], Rose, [[Oskar Schroeder]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi poison experiments}} December 1943 and September - October 1944. Conducted to investigate the effect of various poisons, including poison in food and poisoned bullets; experiments were conducted at [Buchenwald  Concentration Camp]] (food) and Sachsenhausen (bullets). Charged against [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Genzken]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], and [[Helmut Poppendick]]. [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Genzken]], and [[Helmut Poppendick]] were acquitted; [[Karl Mrugowsky]] was convicted.
{{r|Naxi incendiary bomb experiments}} November 1943 - January 1944. Conducted to test pharmaceutical treatments for phosphorus burns; experiments were conducted at [Buchenwald  Concentration Camp]], involving the infliction of burns by materials from incendiary bombs. Charged against [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Karl Genzken]], [[Karl Mrugowsky]], and [[Helmut Poppendick]]. All were acquitted.
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{{r|Nazi sterilization experiments}} March 1941 - January 1945. Conducted to develop methods of rapid, large scale sterilization in order to ensure the eventual elimination of "enemy" populations while keeping captive workers as a labor force during the war. Experiments were planned and/or conducted at [Auschwitz  Concentration Camp]], Ravensbrueck, and elsewhere employing drugs, x-rays, and surgery. Charged against [[Viktor Brack]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Herta Oberheuser]], Pokorny, and [[Helmut Poppendick]]. The charges against [[Karl Mrugowsky]] and [[Herta Oberheuser]] were withdrawn. [[Karl Brandt]], Pokorny, and [[Helmut Poppendick]] were acquitted; [[Viktor Brack]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], and [[Karl Gebhardt]] were convicted.
{{r|Nazi skeleton collection}} June 1943 - September 1944. Conducted to complete a skeleton collection for an anatomical research project at the Reich University of Strasbourg; one hundred twelve Jews at [Auschwitz  Concentration Camp]] were killed for the purpose. Charged against [[Rudolf Brandt]] and [[Wolfram Sievers]]; both were convicted.


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  • Nazi skeleton collection [r]: Conducted to complete a skeleton collection for an anatomical research project for Nazi race and biological ideology, under August Hirt at the Reich University of Strasbourg; one hundred twelve Jews at [Auschwitz Concentration Camp]] were killed for the purpose. [e] June 1943 - September 1944. Conducted to complete a skeleton collection for an anatomical research project at the Reich University of Strasbourg; one hundred twelve Jews at [Auschwitz Concentration Camp]] were killed for the purpose. Charged against Rudolf Brandt and Wolfram Sievers; both were convicted.

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