EAN: 9783515138581

LEO ALEXANDER AT THE NAZI DOCTORS TRIAL

The Nuremberg Diary and Correspondence provide readers unprecedented access to the personal
papers of Leo Alexander  the chief medical expert at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1946-1947).
This annotated edition offers a unique insight into the ethical and legal challenges that
Alexander and his colleagues faced as they uncovered and documented the medical crimes of the
Nazi regime  including human experiments  compulsory sterilisations  and the so-called
"euthanasia" programme - the killing of mentally ill and physically disabled people. Through
his diary  we witness the meticulous work of a dedicated investigator  which laid the
foundation for the Nuremberg Code  a landmark for human rights in modern biomedical ethics and
the establishment of international medical law. Complemented by selected correspondence 
photographs  scientific publications  detailed indices and excerpts from the trial  this volume
is essential for anyone interested in the pursuit of justice and the development of human
rights in medical science in the wake of the Second World War. The book is dedicated to the
victims and survivors who have been persecuted by authoritarian regimes.

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