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L’institution médicale allemande et l’holocauste : Un aide — mémoire À l’occasion du 60’anniversarie de la libération d’Auschwitz

The German medical establishment and the holocaust: A retrospective on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

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Le but de cet essai est de nous rappeler, soixante ans après, la participation active des professionnels de santé allemands dans des crimes sans pareils. Comprendre pourquoi et comment la communauté médicale allemande - une des plus avancées et respectées de l’époque - a accepté et servi l’idéologie nazie, est l’un des points les plus complexes dans l’histoire de l’holocauste. Il n’est pas dans l’intention de cette courte communication d’examiner de manière détaillée la brutalité et l’étendue des actions des médecins nazis. Il s’agit seulement de proposer un bref rappel alors que nous venons de commémorer l’anniversaire de la libération du camp de la mort d’Auschwitz-Birkenau le 27 janvier 1945, il y a 60 ans.

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The aim of this essay is to remind us, in retrospect of 60 years, of the active part taken by German health professionals in unparalleled crimes. To comprehend the history of the acceptance by the German medical community - one of the most advanced and respected of the time - of the Nazi ideology and to serve it, is one of the most perplexing in the history of the holocaust. It is not the intention of this short article to comprehensively analyse the scope and brutality of the Nazi physicians but only to serve as a brief reminder as we just commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz - Birkenau death camp on January 27, 1945, 60 years ago.

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    Yehuda G. Adam

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    Yehuda G. Adam

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Adam, Y.G. L’institution médicale allemande et l’holocauste : Un aide — mémoire À l’occasion du 60’anniversarie de la libération d’Auschwitz. Psychiatr Sci Hum Neurosci 4, 25–31 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028396

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