01688nam a2200277 i 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003900062040002800101082001900129100003400148245011100182264005600293264001100349300007100360336002100431337002500452338002300477504003100500520064600531650003201177650003501209650005501244650005801299650005301357OSt20260514125535.0260514t20242024my ao  gr     000 0beng d  a9781399082099cRM139.90qhardback   aPPAK bengcPPAK erda 04223a940.5413521 aHeath, Tim, d1965-eauthor. 14aThe Nazi and Japanese Human Experimentation Programmes : bBiological War Crimes during WW2 / cTim Heath  1aGreat Britain : bPEN & SWORD BOOKS HISTORY, c2024 4c©2024  avii, 166 pages, 2 unpaged :billustrations, photographs ; c24 cm   atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aBibliography : page [168].  aAmong the most appalling cruelties perpetrated throughout the course of the Second World War was undoubtedly that of human medical and military experimentation conducted upon both living and deceased human beings. The various Nazi human experimentation programmes were initially carried out not so much in the pursuit of any particular scientific discipline, but largely as a result of the Third Reich’s obsession with race and eugenics. However, this criminal sub-discipline of the Nazi fascination, with its warped racial ideologies, was excused as little other than collateral damage by many of the Nazi physicians and their assistants.10aWar crimes zJapanxHistory20aWar crimes zGermany xHistory20aWorld War, y1939-1945xBiological warfare zJapan20aWorld War, y1939-1945 xBiological warfare zGermany20aHuman experimentation in medicine y20th century