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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 became a war criminal in a white coat. Watch this gripping account of her crimes, trial, and the fate that awaited her after the war.

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“Nazi Doctor Who Beat Pregnant Women & Broke Legs With a Hammer: Herta Oberheuser”

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00:00Justice finally caught up with Oberhäuser when she was tried in the Nuremberg Doctors'
00:05Trial, which began on the 9th of December, 1946. She was the only female defendant at the trial,
00:12and on her agenda she commented, saying, Being a woman didn't stop me being a good
00:17national socialist. I think female national socialists were every bit as valuable as men
00:23in keeping alive what we believe. During the trial, she claimed how she had
00:28helped the women who were subjected to the experiments and that they had always been
00:32glad when she was there to change their bandages. However, those who survived her
00:37treatment had different recollections of what had happened.
00:42Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv

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