Doctors' Trial

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The Doctors' Trial (or, officially, United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.) was the first of 12 trials for war crimes that the United States authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany in Nuremberg after the end of World War II. These twelve trials were all held before U.S. military courts, not before the International Military Tribunal, but took place in the same rooms. The twelve U.S. trials are collectively known as the "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" or, more formally, as the "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" (NMT).

Related Topics:
War crime - United States - Germany - Nuremberg - World War II - International Military Tribunal - Subsequent Nuremberg Trials

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The 23 defendants were all medical doctors and were accused of having been involved in the horrors of Nazi human experimentation.

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The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal I, were Walter B. Beals (presiding judge) from Washington, Harold L. Sebring from Florida, and Johnson T. Crawford from Oklahoma, and Victor T. Swearingen, a former special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, as an alternate judge. The Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution was Telford Taylor, the chief prosecutor in this case was James M. McHaney. The indictment was filed on October 25, 1946; the trial lasted form December 9 that year until August 20, 1947. Of the 23 defendants, five were acquitted, and seven received death sentences, the remaining received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to lifetime imprisonment.

Related Topics:
Walter B. Beals - Washington - Harold L. Sebring - Florida - Johnson T. Crawford - Oklahoma - Victor T. Swearingen - Attorney General - Telford Taylor - James M. McHaney - Indictment - October 25 - 1946 - December 9 - August 20 - 1947

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