Died 1978-01-24.
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Herta Oberheuser
Herta Oberheuser was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. For her role in the Holocaust, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the Doctors' Trial, but served only five years of her sentence. A survivor of Ravensbrück called Oberheuser "a beast masquerading as a human".
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science · German physician and war criminal (1911–1978) · military physician · physician · concentration camp guard · politician · dermatologist · also Herta Oberheuser, Herta Oberhauser, Hertha Oberhauser, Oberheuser
Born 15 May 1911 · Died 24 January 1978 · Q61527
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1948· 1 entry
Oberheuser was the only female defendant
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Nuremberg Medical Trial (tournament / event).
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1942· 1 entry
In order to conduct experiments on its prisoners, with an emphasis on finding better methods of treating infection
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1940· 1 entry
Oberheuser was appointed to serve as an assistant to Karl Gebhardt, then Chief Surgeon of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Heinrich Himmler's personal doctor
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1937· 1 entry
Oberheuser obtained her medical degree at the University of Bonn, Germany, having specialized in dermatology
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1911· 1 entry
Born 1911-05-15.
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