Recognizing the past in the present : new studies on medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust

"Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals the pervasive extent of that complicity....

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Weitere Verfasser: Hildebrandt, Sabine 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Offer, Miriam 1960- (HerausgeberIn), Grodin, Michael A. 1951- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2020
Schlagworte:Human experimentation in medicine Medical scientists Medicine Medical ethics Jews Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Electronic books Judenvernichtung Medizin Geschichte 1920-2020
Umfang:1 online resource (411 pages)
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Zusammenfassung:"Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals the pervasive extent of that complicity. This interdisciplinary collection of studies presents documentation of the critical role medicine played in realizing the policies of Hitler's regime. It traces the history of Nazi medicine from its roots in the racial theories of the 1920s, through its manifestations during the Nazi period, on to legacies and continuities from the postwar years to the present"--
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ISBN:9781789207859
1789207851
9781789207842
1789207843