Doctors' trial in the context of "International Military Tribunal"

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⭐ Core Definition: Doctors' trial

United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al., commonly known as the Doctors' Trial, was the first of the twelve "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" for war crimes and crimes against humanity after the end of World War II between 1946 and 1947. The accused were 20 physicians and 3 SS officials charged for their involvement in the Aktion T4 programme and Nazi human experimentation.

The Doctors' Trial was held by United States authorities at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg in the American occupation zone before US military courts, not before the International Military Tribunal. Seven of the accused were sentenced to death by hanging, five were sentenced to life imprisonment, four were given prison sentences from 10 to 20 years, and seven were acquitted.

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Doctors' trial in the context of Nuremberg Code

The Nuremberg Code (German: Nürnberger Kodex) is a set of ethical research principles for human experimentation created by the court in U.S. v Brandt, one of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials that were held after the Second World War.

Though it was articulated as part of the court's verdict in the trial, the Code would later become significant beyond its original context; in a review written on the 50th anniversary of the Brandt verdict, Jay Katz writes that "a careful reading of the judgment suggests that [the authors] wrote the Code for the practice of human experimentation whenever it is being conducted."

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Subsequent Nuremberg trials → War crimes → Crimes against humanity → World War II → Physician → SS → Aktion T4 → Nazi human experimentation → United States → Palace of Justice, Nuremberg → Nuremberg → American occupation zone in Germany → Military court → International Military Tribunal → Death by hanging → Life imprisonment → Acquittal →