The Nazi and Japanese Human Experimentation Programmes : Biological War Crimes During WW2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heath, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human experimentation in medicine--History.

Human experimentation in medicine.

War crimes--History.

War crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines the harrowing medical and biological war crimes committed by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during World War II. The author delves into the inhumane experiments conducted on prisoners of war, concentration camp inmates, and indigenous populations under the guise of scientific and medical research. It explores topics such as the Nazi euthanasia program, the experiments of Unit 731 in Japan, and the complicity of corporations that supported these atrocities. The work also raises critical questions about the ethical ramifications of human experimentation, the lack of accountability for Japanese physicians post-war, and whether the Allied powers exploited data obtained from these experiments. Drawing on archival sources and testimonies, the book serves as a sobering reminder of humanity’s capacity for cruelty under military regimes, while seeking to uncover the broader implications of these war crimes. It is intended for readers interested in history, ethics, and the medical practices of wartime regimes. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Cash for Corpses

Chapter 2 A Divine Apocalypse

Chapter 3 Human Guinea Pigs

Chapter 4 The Nazi Medical Experiments

Chapter 5 Aktion T4 – the Nazi Euthanasia Programme

Plates

Chapter 6 Elsa’s Return

Chapter 7 The Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial

Chapter 8 Human Taxidermy

Chapter 9 Imperial Japanese Human Medical Experimentation

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

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ISBN:

9781399082129

1399082124

9781399082105

1399082108

OCLC:

1481792355