Herta Oberheuser

Herta Oberheuser (15 May 1911 – 24 January 1978) was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal known for her brutal medical experiments on prisoners at the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women during World War II. she spent 20 years in prison.

She spent her childhood in Düsseldorf, where she began her medical studies in 1931. She obtained her medical degree in dermatology from the University of Bonn in 1937, later, she joined the Nazi Party.

Experiments included infecting wounds with foreign objects (rusty nails, glass, dirt, sawdust), deliberately causing injuries, and performing bone, muscle, and nerve tissue removal without anesthesia.

She also killed children with lethal injections and removed their limbs and organs, with victims remaining conscious until death.

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