Hermann Becker-Freisen ( German: Hermann Becker-Freyseng ; ( June 18, 1910 , Ludwigshafen am Rhein - August 27, 1961 , Linz am Rhein ) - German physician , Luftwaffe staff doctor, one of the defendants at the Nuremberg trials of doctors .
Herman Becker-Frasen | |
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Hermann Becker-Freyseng | |
Date of Birth | June 18, 1910 |
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Date of death | August 27, 1961 (51 years old) |
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Citizenship | German Empire Germany Germany Germany |
Occupation | doctor |
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Biography
May 1, 1933 joined the NSDAP (party ticket No. 3 052 380). Since January 1936, he has been an assistant at the University Hospital of Berlin , and since 1939 he has been transferred to the Research Institute of Air Medicine, which is subordinate to the Luftwaffe.
Human experiments conducted under the auspices of the Luftwaffe
Since 1941, Becker-Freisen has been coordinating studies for the Luftwaffe, which were conducted in concentration camps over people. After the meeting dedicated to the rescue of pilots shot down by enemy aircraft, experiments were conducted to study the effect of pressure drops on a person. The situation of pilot ejection of a crashed aircraft at high altitude and its entry into cold sea water was simulated. A low-pressure chamber was installed in the Dachau concentration camp , in which the situation of a fall from a height of 21,000 meters could be simulated, which led to the death of experimental subjects. Romberg , Ruff and Weltz were also accused of participating in these experiments, at the Nuremberg trial of doctors.
Also, on the instructions of the Luftwaffe, in 1942, research began on giving seawater the properties of drinking. It was assumed that a pilot of a downed aircraft who fell with a simultaneously ejected inflatable boat into the sea would experience a shortage of drinking water. At a conference chaired by Becker-Freisen, Konrad Schäfer (another accused at the Nuremberg trials of doctors) proposed the desalination of seawater using various chemicals, while other Nazi scholars advocated adding a large amount of vitamin C to salt water (i.e. N. Berka-water), which will make it suitable for drinking. The dispute between the two groups of scientists led to the fact that both positions decided to check on prisoners. One of the experimenters was Wilhelm Baiglbeck .
Nuremberg Trials of Doctors
Becker-Freisen appeared at the Nuremberg trial of doctors together with 7 doctors of the Luftwaffe.
Becker-Frasen was found guilty of organizing experiments with sea water over people. At the same time, the court did not find evidence of his guilt in experiments to study the effect of low blood pressure on humans. He was convicted on the 2nd and 3rd count of charges (crimes against humanity and participation in war crimes ) and sentenced to 20 years in prison. On January 31, 1951, the term was reduced to 10 years. November 20, 1952 released early.
Life After Liberation
During his imprisonment, he was involved in the work of the medical center in Heidelberg , German Aviation Medicine in World War II [1] . After his release, he visits the United States Air Force USA upon invitation. In 1960, he develops multiple sclerosis , from which he died in 1961 and dies [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Zur Veröffentlichung siehe die Besprechung von Ebbe Curtis Hoff (englisch, pdf, 231 kB) in: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 39 (4), Oktober 1951, S. 378-379.
- ↑ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, S. 35.