Siegfried Ruff

Siegfried Ruff (February 19, 1907 to April 22, 1989) was a German physician who served as director of the Aviation Medicine Department at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation.[1]

Following World War II, Ruff was hired by the U.S. Army Air Forces to work at a United States military hospital in Heidelberg conducting experiments on human exposure to high altitudes.[2] He was later indicted on various war crimes allegedly committed during his time as a researcher at the Institute for Aviation.[2] Specifically, it was alleged he had overseen experiments that had resulted in the deaths of 80 Dachau concentration camp inmates.[2] While Ruff acknowledged human experimentation had occurred, he stated it had occurred according to the law and denied it had resulted in any deaths.[3] Ruff was acquitted of all charges against him during the Doctors' Trial.[2] Nevertheless, in 1961 the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine chose to relocate its annual conference from West Germany over objections at Ruff's participation.[3]

Ruff enjoyed a distinguished medical career in postwar Germany.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Defendant Dr. Siegfried Ruff on the first day of his testimony in his own defense at the Doctors Trial". ushmm.org. U.S. Holocaust Museum. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hunt, Linda (April 1985). "U.S. Coverup of Nazi Scientists". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 41 (4): 21–24.
  3. 1 2 "Tadel verpflichtet". Der Spiegel (in German). November 24, 1965. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Moreno, Jonathan (2001). Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans. Psychology Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0415928354.
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