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Leo Alexander at the Nazi Doctors' Trial

The Nuremberg Diary and Correspondence

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-515-13858-1
Verlag: Steiner Franz Verlag
Erscheinungstermin: 16.12.2024
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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.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783515138581
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-515-13858-1
  • Verlag: Steiner Franz Verlag
  • Erscheinungstermin: 16.12.2024
  • Sprache(n): Englisch,Deutsch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2024
  • Serie: Geschichte und Philosophie der Medizin / History and Philosophy of Medicine
  • Produktform: Gebunden, Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 602 g
  • Seiten: 248
  • Format (B x H x T): 182 x 240 x 22 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Ulf Schmidt is Professor of Modern History at the University of Hamburg, founding-director of the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is Principal Investigator of an ERC Synergy Grant.

Kate Docking is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society at Hamburg and part of an ERC funded project. Her PhD dealt with Medical Personnel of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp.

David Peace is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society at Hamburg and part of an ERC funded project. His PhD dealt with “From Galtonian Eugenics to Biosocial Science”.

Andreas Frewer is Professor at the Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics at Erlangen-Nürnberg University. He is member of several Ethics Boards, Senior Advisory Consultant of the WHO and editor.