"Forced medical research and human experiments are among the darkest chapters of the Nazi era. Pathogens, toxins and drugs were tested primarily on Jews, prisoners of war, Sinti and Roma, disabled people and other persecuted groups. Their organs were removed, they were left to freeze to death in controlled conditions, they were forcibly sterilized and they were killed. The extent of the atrocities is almost unimaginable, with tens of thousands of victims."
"Now, detailed profiles of 16,000 of these people are available in a new online database. For the first time, there is systematic access to the names and personal details of victims, individual experiments and the institutions involved. It also contains more than 13,000 profiles of people whose fates have not yet been conclusively researched. The database was published by the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society."
"Over 200 institutions in Germany and Europe were linked to medical crimes during the Nazi era. The full extent of the atrocities was revealed in a report published in 2023 by the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism and the Holocaust. The detailed report proved that medical professionals in various roles justified their actions by referring to "racial" affiliation and carried out forced sterilizations, euthanasia programs and selections on a large scale."
Up to 16,000 individual profiles document victims of Nazi-era forced medical research and human experiments, including more than 13,000 cases still not conclusively researched. Victims included Jews, prisoners of war, Sinti and Roma, disabled people and other persecuted groups subjected to pathogen, toxin and drug tests, organ removal, controlled freezing, sterilization and killing. The database provides systematic access to names, personal details, individual experiments and involved institutions and was published by the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society. Over 200 institutions were linked to medical crimes. A 2023 Lancet Commission report confirmed widespread justification of atrocities through racial ideology and limited postwar accountability.
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