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Since the end of World War II, Nazi medical atrocities have been a topic of ambivalent reactions and debates, both in Germany and internationally: An early period of silence was followed by attempts of victims and representatives of medical organisations to describe what happened. Varying narratives developed, some of which had a stabilising function for the identity of the profession, whereas others had a critical and de-stabilising function. In todays international debates in the field of medical ethics, there are frequent references to Nazi medical atrocities, in particular in the context of discussions about research on human subjects, and on euthanasia. The volume analyses the narratives on Nazi medical atrocities, their historicity in different stages of post-war medicine, as well as in the international discourse on biomedical ethics. Since the end of World War II, Nazi medical atrocities have been a topic of ambivalent reactions and debates, both in Germany and internationally: An early period of silence was followed by attempts of victims and representatives of medical organisations to describe what happened. Varying narratives developed, some of which had a stabilising function for the identity of the profession, whereas others had a critical and de-stabilising function. In todays international debates in the field of medical ethics, there are frequent references to Nazi medical atrocities, in particular in the context of discussions about research on human subjects, and on euthanasia. The volume analyses the narratives on Nazi medical atrocities, their historicity in different stages of post-war medicine, as well as in the international discourse on biomedical ethics.

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Prof. Dr. Volker Roelcke heads the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Gießen. Dr. In a research project, Sascha Topp examines the historical development of the behavioural, neuroscience and cognitive sciences within the Max Planck Society. Dr. Etienne Lepicard teaches at Ashkelon Academic College. He is also a member of the Israeli Council for Bioethics.

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