What Happened to the Doctors?
23 Nazi scientists, physicians, and senior officials of Nazi medical administration and army were put on stand at the Nuremberg Trials. The Nuremberg Trial (Military Tribunal #1) was the trial in which the Nazi scientists and doctors were tried and sentenced their verdict. These trials of Military Tribunal #1 were also known as the Doctor's Trial. These trials took place on December 9, 1946. The procedures of the trial lasted for 180 days. There were about 1,500 documents of proof and 85 witnesses.
Seven of these doctors were sentenced to death, nine were given long prison sentences, and seven were acquitted. The seven doctors who were sentenced to death were hung on June 2, 1948. The nine who were delivered prison sentences all went to prison for a minimum of fifteen years. The main charges that the accused faced were crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a criminal organization.
The experiments went against Nuremberg Code, which states a medical procedure willing consent of patients, a belief that the experiments will not result in disability or unneeded death, and that there is no unnecessary pain.
Josef Mengele was never tried for his crimes because shortly after the war he escaped to South America. Horst Schumann, who performed cruel sterilization experiments was not tried as well. Schumann was deemed physically unfit to take stand.
Seven of these doctors were sentenced to death, nine were given long prison sentences, and seven were acquitted. The seven doctors who were sentenced to death were hung on June 2, 1948. The nine who were delivered prison sentences all went to prison for a minimum of fifteen years. The main charges that the accused faced were crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a criminal organization.
The experiments went against Nuremberg Code, which states a medical procedure willing consent of patients, a belief that the experiments will not result in disability or unneeded death, and that there is no unnecessary pain.
Josef Mengele was never tried for his crimes because shortly after the war he escaped to South America. Horst Schumann, who performed cruel sterilization experiments was not tried as well. Schumann was deemed physically unfit to take stand.