Nazi malaria experiments

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The Nazi malaria experments were nonconsensual resaearch, conducted between February 1942 at April 1945 at Dachau Concentration Camp; purpose was to test immunization for and treatment of malaria on over 1000 prisoners. They were intended to gain information for protecting the health of the German military.

Nine defendants were charged in the Medical Case (NMT): Kurt Blomer, Karl Brandt, Rudolf Brandt, Karl Gebhardt, Siegfried Handloser, Joachim Mrugowsky, Helmut Poppendick, Paul Rostock, and Wolfram Sievers. Only Sievers was convicted.