Nazi Germany is forever remembered as the villainous provocateur of World War II. This war played host to some of the most atrocious events in human history. The war has evoked several images of human cruelty, war torn cities and towns, concentration camps, nuclear holocaust, racial hatred, and villainous dictators. Underneath the tumultuous events of World War II, there was a section of Nazi policy directed at military, medical, and euthanasia experimentation. In a ravaged post war Germany, the city of Nuremberg played host to what could quite possibly be the most chilling trial in human history. The Nuremberg trials detailed some of the most gruesome events committed against humanity. The medical proceedings detailed quite possibly the
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In the wake of the medical proceedings, knowledge of these experiments would force the bioethics community to draft The Nuremberg Code, which has had an impact on the world of human experimentation. The Medical Proceedings marked an end to the atrocity and punishment for the wrongs committed against innocent victims. Personal accounts, documents, and texts all revealed the brutal nature of these experiments. These medical professionals abandoned patient first healthcare and the Nazi state twisted the medical profession to serve its …show more content…
Instead of just executing these leaders or having quick military summary proceedings, a push was made to have a fair international military tribunal. The city of Nuremberg was chosen because of its symbolic place within Nazi occupied Germany. It was here that Hitler proclaimed a thousand year Reich, and it was here that Hitler declared the atrocious Nuremberg laws that revoked many rights of German Jews. At the time of the trials, there was no judicial precedent for such a tribunal, therefore precedent had to be made to handle the war crimes trials. An agreement was made between the allied nations and a charter was passed that established a tribunal which “was invested with power to try and punish persons who had committed crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity as defined in the charter.” The charter clearly defined what constituted each criminal act. Crimes against peace were interpreted as planning or waging a war of aggression or a war contrary to international treaties. War crimes were defined as “Violations of the laws or customs of war.” These could be illustrated as mistreatment of civilians, pillaging cities and private property, or any act of destruction not necessitated by war. The last of the charges would be those applicable to the Nazi doctors, crimes against humanity. These were outlined as “Murder, extermination, enslavement,
In the wake of the medical proceedings, knowledge of these experiments would force the bioethics community to draft The Nuremberg Code, which has had an impact on the world of human experimentation. The Medical Proceedings marked an end to the atrocity and punishment for the wrongs committed against innocent victims. Personal accounts, documents, and texts all revealed the brutal nature of these experiments. These medical professionals abandoned patient first healthcare and the Nazi state twisted the medical profession to serve its …show more content…
Instead of just executing these leaders or having quick military summary proceedings, a push was made to have a fair international military tribunal. The city of Nuremberg was chosen because of its symbolic place within Nazi occupied Germany. It was here that Hitler proclaimed a thousand year Reich, and it was here that Hitler declared the atrocious Nuremberg laws that revoked many rights of German Jews. At the time of the trials, there was no judicial precedent for such a tribunal, therefore precedent had to be made to handle the war crimes trials. An agreement was made between the allied nations and a charter was passed that established a tribunal which “was invested with power to try and punish persons who had committed crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity as defined in the charter.” The charter clearly defined what constituted each criminal act. Crimes against peace were interpreted as planning or waging a war of aggression or a war contrary to international treaties. War crimes were defined as “Violations of the laws or customs of war.” These could be illustrated as mistreatment of civilians, pillaging cities and private property, or any act of destruction not necessitated by war. The last of the charges would be those applicable to the Nazi doctors, crimes against humanity. These were outlined as “Murder, extermination, enslavement,