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By 1942, more than half of all German physicians had become Nazi Party members. [9] [10] [11] In comparison, only about 10% of the general population became Nazi Party members by 1945. [12] In addition, over 7% of German doctors became members of the Nazi SS, compared to less than 1% of the general population. [13]
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This article lists medical eponyms which have been associated with Nazi human experimentation or Nazi politics. While normally eponyms used in medicine serve to honor the memory of the physician or researcher who first documented a disease or pioneered a procedure, the propriety of such names resulting from unethical research practices is controversial.
Doctors - notable "Nazi doctors" are covered at: List of Nazi doctors; SS personnel - notable people within the ranks are covered at: List of SS personnel (Nazis by default) For a list of the main leaders and most important party figures see: List of Nazi Party leaders and officials. Overview A–E F–K L–R S–Z
SS doctors, in particular, were marked as war criminals due to the wide range of human medical experimentation which had been conducted during World War II as well as the role SS doctors had played in the gas chamber selections of the Holocaust. [17] Later charges were brought against SS intellectuals and SS physicians by the German state. [18]
Herta Oberheuser (1911–1978) – Nazi human experimentation; Richard J. Schmidt – American physician who contaminated his girlfriend with AIDS-tainted blood; Harold Shipman (1946–2004) – British serial killer; Michael Swango (born 1953) – American serial killer; An A-Z list of Wikipedia articles of Nazi doctors
Nazi human experimentation was a series of medical experiments on prisoners by Nazi Germany in its concentration camps mainly between 1942 and 1945. There were 15,754 documented victims, of various nationalities and age groups, although the true number is believed to be more extensive.
Following is the list of persons holding the title positions as well as actual highest ranks of the Schutzstaffel (SS) since the earliest inception of the armed SS units in Nazi Germany. The ranks include distinctive insignia designs worn on the collar at one points by all officers.