United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al., Nov. 21, 1946 - Aug. 20, 1947

Identifier
irn504191
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0970
  • RG-30.001M
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504191

Extent and Medium

46 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

Cite National Archives and Records Administration as custodian of the original records

The records were created by the United States government during the 12 trials held from 1946 to 1949 subsequent to the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The court proceedings, in both English and German, eventually became part of NARA Records Group 238, World War II War Crimes Records. Duplication of the collections received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 1995.

Scope and Content

Contains proceedings, exhibits, and other court documents from the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, United States v. Karl Brandt et al., the "Medical Case" (Case I), November 1946 to August 1947, prosecuting Karl Brandt and others for crimes against humanity during World War II. The proceedings contain information about medical experiments conducted on concentration camp prisoners; euthanasia programs carried out on the mentally ill and others; and killing of camp inmates for the express purpose of collecting skeletons for medical research. A list of defendants' names is provided in NARA pamphlet M887.

System of Arrangement

Numerical by transcript volume. See NARA microfilm publication M887 pamphlet, pp. 6 - 8 for detailed information on collection arrangement

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

People

  • Brandt, Karl.

Subjects

  • Euthanasia.
  • War crime trials--Germany--Nuremberg.
  • Human experimentation in medicine.

Genre

  • Document
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