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Ref NoDEP/SMS/2/48
Acc No2013/169
TitleSubject file of Sydney Smith: War Crimes - Medical
Date1946-1958
TermSecond World War
Forensics
Description Of ItemIncludes letter from J W R Thompson, Scientific and Technological Branch, Field Information Agency Technical (FIAT), Frankfurt asking Smith to advise on procedures for the prosecution of German medical personnel and enclosing a preliminary report on Dr Fritz Hildebrandt, Dr Karlhaus Osterwald anad Dr Hans Beuchelt, February and April 1946; letter from Thompson with notes of a meeting to discuss whether the results of experimental work on humans should be used by scientists, May 1946; letter from Thompson and reply from Smith giving his initial overview of the experimentation carried out, June 1946; letters from H H Wade, United Nations War Crimes Commission 'mercy killing' and 'scientific killing' by German doctors and his realisation of duplicating the work of FIAT July-August 1946; letter objecting to permission being given to Herta Oberhauser to resume medical practice, British Medical Journal, 1958; handwritten notes; minutes of meeting to discuss medical-legal activities in Germany under the Nazi regime, July 1946; and minutes of meeting of the International Scientific Commission (War Crimes), January 1947.
Extent1 folder
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