Carl Clauberg
German gynaecologist and Auschwitz experimenter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Clauberg (28 September 1898 – 9 August 1957) was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on (mostly Jewish) human subjects at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterilization experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Born | (1898-09-28)28 September 1898 Wupperhof, German Empire |
Died | 9 August 1957(1957-08-09) (aged 58) Kiel, West Germany |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Rank | SS-Gruppenführer der Reserve |
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In 1945, near the close of WWII, he was captured by the Red Army and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in 1955 under a prisoner exchange agreement, and he returned to Germany and continued to practice medicine. Due to public outcry from Holocaust survivors, Clauberg was arrested in 1955, but died before he could be tried.