Paul Weindling Bücher

While the coerced human experiments are notorious among all the atrocities under National Socialism, they have been marginalised by mainstream historians. This book seeks to remedy the marginalisation, and to place the experiments in the context of the broad history of National Socialism and the Holocaust.Paul Weindling bases this study on the reconstruction of a victim group through individual victims' life histories, and by weaving the victims' experiences collectively together in terms of different groupings, especially gender, ethnicity and religion, age, and nationality. The timing of the experiments, where they occurred, how many victims there were, and who they were, is analysed, as are hitherto under-researched aspects such as Nazi anatomy and executions. The experiments are also linked, more broadly, to major elements in the dynamic and fluid Nazi power structure and the implementation of racial policies. The approach is informed by social history from below, exploring both the rationales and motives of perpetrators, but assessing these critically in the light of victim narratives.

Analysis of the orgins of the holocaust traditionally centres around voelkisch racial ideologies, overlooking the effects of racial ideas on biology and health. Based on a wealth of hitherto neglected archival sources, this book analyses the origins, social composition and impact of eugenics in the context of the social and political tension of an industrialising empire.

Focusing on a physician active during World War II, the biography explores his compassionate response to the immense suffering of Holocaust victims. His groundbreaking investigations not only highlighted the atrocities committed but also established crucial foundations for the Nuremberg Medical Trials. The narrative sheds light on his dedication to medical ethics and the lasting impact of his work on human rights and medical practices post-war.

14 From witness to indictee: Eugen Haagen and his court hearings from the Nuremberg Medical Trial (1946-47) to the Struthof Medical Trials (1952-54) -- 15 Informed testimonies: physicians' accounts of Nazi medical experiments in the context of early Czechoslovak war crimes investigations, 1945-48 -- 16 Post-war legacies, 1945-2015: victims, bodies, and brain tissues -- Index

Focusing on the intersection of eugenics and racial ideologies, this book uncovers the often-overlooked influences of biological and health concepts on the Holocaust's origins. Utilizing previously neglected archival sources, it explores the social composition and impact of eugenics within the framework of an industrializing empire, highlighting the complex social and political tensions of the time.

This book offers a radically new and definitive reappraisal of Allied responses to Nazi human experiments and the origins of informed consent. It places the victims and Allied Medical Intelligence officers at centre stage, while providing a full reconstruction of policies on war crimes and trials related to Nazi medical atrocities and genocide. The analysis of the Medical Trial considers the prosecution, defense, judges and observers to present a rounded picture of the court and its context, and the aftermath in terms of Cold War politics, compensation and research ethics.