General Order 301 Supports Subsequent Trial Programme
United States Forces issue General Order 301 as part of the administrative authority supporting the later Nuremberg military tribunals.
Telford Taylor
19 historical records in the World History Database Nuremberg collection.
Role in this collection: Chief of Counsel
The collection identifies Telford Taylor as Chief of Counsel. Taylor opened the prosecution of physicians and administrators in the first Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding.
Taylor Assigned Leadership of Subsequent U.S. Trials
Taylor assumes responsibility for the American programme of subsequent Nuremberg prosecutions against professional and institutional groups beyond the principal Nazi leaders.
Doctors Trial Opens
Taylor opened the prosecution of physicians and administrators in the first Subsequent Nuremberg Proceeding.
Medical Case Tests Responsibility for Human Experimentation
The first subsequent proceeding examines physicians and administrators accused of criminal medical experiments and other abuses committed under state authority.
Doctors Trial High-Altitude Evidence Presented
The prosecution introduces evidence on Dachau high-altitude experiments and the use of concentration-camp prisoners in lethal aviation research.
Doctors Trial Freezing Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution presents evidence concerning freezing experiments at Dachau and the suffering imposed on prisoners used as human test subjects.
Doctors Trial Malaria Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution turns to malaria experiments conducted on prisoners and the medical responsibility of officials connected with the programme.
Doctors Trial Seawater Experiment Evidence Presented
Evidence is introduced about seawater experiments intended to test survival methods while prisoners endured dangerous deprivation.
Doctors Trial Sterilization Evidence Presented
The prosecution presents the programme of sterilization experiments designed to develop methods for suppressing reproduction among targeted populations.
Doctors Trial Skeleton Collection Evidence Presented
The court hears evidence about the plan to murder selected Jewish prisoners for an anatomical skeleton collection.
Doctors Trial Sulfanilamide Experiment Evidence Presented
The prosecution details wound and drug experiments in which prisoners were deliberately injured to test sulfanilamide treatment.
Subsequent Trials Extend Accountability beyond Top Leaders
The American programme targets doctors, judges, industrialists, SS administrators, diplomats and military commanders whose conduct was not resolved by the IMT.
Doctors Trial Typhus Vaccine Evidence Presented
The prosecution presents evidence on typhus and vaccine experiments carried out on concentration-camp prisoners under coercive conditions.
Doctors Trial Biological Warfare Evidence Presented
The prosecution examines alleged biological-warfare research and the involvement of medical officials in experimentation on prisoners.
Doctors Trial Euthanasia Evidence Presented
Evidence is presented on the Nazi euthanasia programme and the killing of patients and other persons classified as unfit to live.
Justice Case Tests Criminal Use of Courts
The Justice Case examines whether judges and ministry officials used legal institutions as instruments of persecution and unlawful punishment.
Einsatzgruppen Case Targets Mobile Killing Commanders
The Einsatzgruppen proceeding prosecutes commanders and officers accused of directing systematic mass shootings in occupied eastern Europe.
High Command Case Examines Senior Military Responsibility
The High Command prosecution addresses the responsibility of senior commanders for unlawful orders, occupation practices and crimes committed by forces under their authority.
Industrialist Cases Examine Corporate Complicity
The Flick, IG Farben and Krupp proceedings test individual responsibility for forced labour, plunder and corporate participation in the Nazi war economy