Nazi Doctors & Medical Personnel
7 Episodes
Doctors swear to save lives. But under Nazi rule, many used their knowledge to destroy them. This collection explores doctors and medical staff who used science as a weapon—conducting cruel experiments, enforcing racial ideology, and deciding who lived or died. From infamous figures like Josef Mengele to lesser-known accomplices, these stories reveal how medicine was twisted into an instrument of terror and how justice sought to confront their crimes.
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The Doctor of Death at Auschwitz & His Medical Experiments: Josef Mengele
Episode 1
Known as the “Angel of Death,” Josef Mengele ruled Auschwitz’s selection ramp and carried out brutal experiments on twins, pregnant women, and children. Discover the chilling truth of the Nazi doctor who escaped justice for decades and died unpunished in Brazil.
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The Female Face of Nazi Euthanasia: Head Nurse of Death Irmgard Huber
Episode 2
In 1945, US troops liberated Hadamar, uncovering one of Nazi Germany’s killing centers. Over 14,000 patients were murdered there under the so-called “Euthanasia Program.” Irmgard Huber, the head nurse, controlled the drugs used for killings and falsified death records. Convicted but spared the g...
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Cruel Experiments of Nazi Doctor Who Tried to “Cure” Homosexuality: Carl Værnet
Episode 3
Carl Værnet, a Danish doctor, became notorious for his Nazi-backed experiments on homosexual prisoners in Buchenwald. Obsessed with creating an “artificial sex gland,” he tested his implants on inmates, leaving death and suffering behind. This film uncovers the story of medicine twisted into crue...
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Nazi Doctor Who Beat Pregnant Women & Broke Legs With a Hammer: Herta Oberheuser
Episode 4
Herta Oberheuser was the only female defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial. At Ravensbrück concentration camp, she assisted in brutal medical experiments, breaking bones, infecting wounds, and killing women with lethal injections, calling it “medical help.” Once a respected physician, she bec...
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Nazi Doctor Who Turned from Angel to Butcher: Hans Eisele
Episode 5
Hans Eisele began as a camp doctor praised for kindness, but at Buchenwald he became known as the “Butcher.” He carried out brutal experiments, performed surgeries without anesthesia, ordered killings, and left a trail of corpses. Tried after the war, his sentences were reduced, and he eventually...
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Nazi Doctor Who Shot People With Poisoned Bullets: Joachim Mrugowsky
Episode 6
Joachim Mrugowsky, an SS doctor, oversaw some of the most infamous human experiments of the Nazi regime. From typhus and vaccine tests at Buchenwald to poison bullet experiments at Sachsenhausen, he turned prisoners into test subjects. Tried at the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial, he was convicted of wa...
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Auschwitz’s “Beast of Block 10”: Nazi Doctor Horst Schumann
Episode 7
Horst Schumann, known as the “Beast of Block 10,” was one of the most sadistic Nazi doctors. From the T4 euthanasia program to Auschwitz, he experimented on men, women, and children with deadly X-ray sterilizations and brutal operations. After the war he fled to Africa, evading justice for decade...
