Autopsies, human skin discussed at Nuremberg Trial

Identifier
irn1001327
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2810
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Thomas J. Dodd continues reading Dr. Franz Blaha's signed affidavit which tells of the Gestapo forcing him to work in the autopsy room. Dr. Blaha performed 7000 autopsies during his stay. He filled many requests for human skin that was cured in the sun and used for making saddles, gloves, and ladies' handbags. In his testimony, Dr. Blaha identifies Wilhelm Frick and Alfred Rosenberg, whom he saw touring the Dachau camp.

Subjects

  • HOSPITALS
  • WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • HUMAN REMAINS
  • PRISONERS
  • FRICK, WILHELM
  • TRIALS
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • GESTAPO
  • DACHAU
  • ROSENBERG, ALFRED
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
  • COURTS/COURTROOMS
  • DOCTORS
  • GERMANY
  • DODD, THOMAS J.

Places

  • Nuremberg, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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