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1947 in Austria

Explore 6 historical events and records for Austria in 1947.

Historical records for Austria in 1947

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June

Beiglboeck Testifies on Dachau Seawater Experiments

Beiglboeck, Wilhelm ยท Nuremberg ยท Doctors Trial Defendant ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Beiglboeck defended his conduct during the Dachau seawater experiments and addressed the treatment, observation and condition of the prisoners used as test subjects.

Tschofenig Testifies on Seawater Experiments

Tschofenig, Joseph ยท Nuremberg ยท Prosecution Witness ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Tschofenig gave prosecution testimony concerning the Dachau seawater experiments and described conditions surrounding the prisoners who were used as experimental subjects.

Pokorny Testifies on Sterilization Proposal

Pokorny, Adolf ยท Nuremberg ยท Doctors Trial Defendant ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Pokorny defended the memorandum in which he discussed a possible sterilization method and argued that he had not taken part in experiments on prisoners.

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Death of Alexander Lohr

Lohr, Alexander ยท Vienna ยท General ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Death of Alexander Lohr, executed for war crimes

Execution

Lohr, Alexander ยท Vienna ยท General ยท Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hanged by a Yugoslav court for war crimes

General Relativity Research

Schrodinger, Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander ยท Dublin ยท Director ยท Science / Physics

Continues mathematical investigations into general relativity and attempts to formulate unified descriptions of gravitation and electromagnetism.

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