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Affidavit concerning medical experiments conducted at Ravensbrueck and Hohenlychen (sulfanilamide, bone transplants)
Authors
Herta Oberheuser (Dr., assistant to Karl Gebhardt)
Herta Oberheuser
Nazi physician (1911-1978)
- Born: 1911-05-15 (Cologne)
- Died: 1978-01-24 (Linz am Rhein)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: concentration camp guard; dermatologist; military physician; physician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1946-11-01; role: affiant, defendant)
- Significant person: Fritz Fischer (role: colleague); Karl Gebhardt (role: assistant); Walter Sonntag (role: colleague)
- Employer: Hohenlychen concentration camp; Ravensbrück concentration camp (position held: physician)
Date: 02 November 1946
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-487
Citation: NMT 1 (page 780)
HLSL Item No.: 1798
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Henry Sachs on 4 Nov 1946. The date is stated as 1 Nov 1946, but Oberheuser's affidavit is dated 2 Nov 1946.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-487: 1. Sworn statement by Dr. Hertha Oberheuser on the part played by her in experimentation on human beings at Ravensbrueck and Hohenlychen