Auschwitz, die NS-Medizin und ihre Opfer

Examines the role and function of physicians in Nazi concentration camps. Discusses the euthanasia program and medical experiments practiced on prisoners, almost exclusively Jews, by the SS and the Wehrmacht. Reports on malaria experiments in Dachau. Mentions Buchenwald as a laboratory of the pharmaceutical industry. Describes multi-purpose research, such as hereditary factors, viruses, phrenology and craniometry, experiments with poison gas. Surveys medical experiments in Auschwitz, Mengele's activities, selection, research on twins, electroshocks, experiments for mass sterilization, and genetic laboratories. Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-499) and indexes. 526 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm