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Nota d'ambito

Used for discussions of Nazi medical experiments. Additional information: Instances not covered by the more specific keywords, e.g. "sterilization experiments," should be keyworded "Nazi medical experiments." (en-US)

Definizione

Medical experimentation carried out on individuals. These experiments were justified on ideological and scientific grounds, e.g. the regime's interest in eugenics and racial comparison and the military's interest in troop survival under adverse conditions. (en-US)

Fonte

Gutman, Yisrael, and Michael Bernbaum, eds. Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. pp. 310-315

Termini più generici

• discriminazione e persecuzione