Descrittore

Termine preferito

trattamento di parti del corpo   Cerca

Nota d'ambito

Used for discussions of any kind of processing of human body parts in Nazi concentration camps. Additional information: For discussions of forced labor which involved processing of teeth and/or hair, please index the appropriate terms instead; For discussions of soap allegedly made from human fat and/or body parts, use "rumors of human soap" (en-US)

Definizione

In various Nazi concentration camps (e.g. Buchenwald, Dachau, Mauthausen, Gusen, Sachsenhausen) body parts of dead prisoners were processed in camp infirmaries, often for commercial purposes, mostly prepared by prisoner doctors upon the order of SS camp doctors. Such products were e.g. dried pieces of skin containing tattoos, various articles and memorabilia for camp personnel made out of human skin or other body parts, shrunken heads, skeletons, skulls for medical institutions etc. (en-US)

Fonte

Klee, Ernst: Auschwitz, die NS-Medizin und ihre Opfer. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 1997. pp. 42-44.

Termini più generici

• discriminazione e persecuzione