Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans

Vivien Spitz served as a court reporter for the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Nazi doctors from 1946 to 1948. In this memoir, she describes her experiences both inside and outside the courtroom during the proceedings in post-war Nuremberg. The book documents testimony about experiments conducted on prisoners, including deprivation of oxygen, freezing, injection with malaria, typhus, and jaundice, amputation of healthy limbs, and forced consumption of seawater. Spitz recounts the dramatic courtroom testimony and the defendants' reactions to the trial. The memoir includes trial transcripts and photographs used as evidence. It addresses themes of human depravity, justice, medical ethics, and human rights in the context of World War II and the Holocaust.