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Aug 10, 2022
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Index > Herta Oberheuser

Position

Physician at the Ravensbrück concentration camp; and Assistant Physician to the defendant Dr. Gebhardt at the hospital at Hohenlychen.

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Indictment

  1. Conspiracy to commit war crimes against humanity: The ordering, planning, and organization of the war crimes and crimes against humanity charged in counts two and three.

  2. War crimes: Sulfanilamide experiments; Bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration, and bone transplant experiments; and Sterilization experiments.

  3. Crimes against humanity: Sulfanilamide experiments; Bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration, and bone transplant experiments; and Sterilization experiments.

Prosecution’s Case

  • Opening Statement (December 9th, 1946)

  • Sterilization experiments (December 16th)

  • Sulfanilamide and bone/muscle experiments (December 19th — December 21st)

  • Prosecution’s closing statement (July 14th, 1947)

Defense’s Case

  • Entered pleas of Not Guilty (December 9th, 1946)

  • Opening statement (January 29th, 1947)

  • Defense case begins (April 3rd)

  • Witnesses:

    1. Herta Oberheuser (April 3rd — April 8th)

  • Defense counsel’s closing statement (July 16th)

  • Defendant’s personal statement (July 19th)

  • Verdict (August 19th)

  • Sentenced (August 20th)

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