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Hermann Becker-Freyseng

German physician; consultant for aviation medicine with the Luftwaffe during the Nazi era; one of those convicted at the Doctors' Trial (1910-1961) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 51

Hermann Becker-Freyseng was a German physician, consultant for aviation medicine with the Luftwaffe and a convicted Nazi war criminal, who oversaw human experimentation on concentration camp prisoners.

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Becker-Freyseng was tried and convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Doctors' Trial in 1947; he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, but his sentence was commuted to 10 years and he was released in 1952.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1961 · aged 51