Anatomy From Nazi Germany to Today

JAMA. 2023 Jan 17;329(3):207-208. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.23531.
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Plain language summary

This viewpoint reviews the anatomical body procurement used in Nazi Germany, notes the continued use of those images, and calls for disclosure of the biographical history of the people whose bodies and tissues are now studied.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Anatomy* / history
  • Anatomy* / trends
  • Dissection / history
  • Dissection / trends
  • Germany
  • History, 20th Century
  • National Socialism*