Photograph from the National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.
During the Medical Trial (Case #1 of the Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings), Polish survivor Jadwiga Dzido shows her scarred leg to the court, while expert witness Dr. Alexander explains the nature of the medical experiment performed on her in the Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
Dzido, a member of the Polish underground, was arrested and deported to Ravensbrueck in March 1941. There, she was subjected to medical experiments, performed by defendants Herta Oberheuser and Fritz Ernst Fischer, on November 22, 1942. (December 22, 1946)
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