March 21, 1893 - Walter Schreiber
Schreiber occupied a dual position in postwar history — first as a high-ranking Wehrmacht medical official implicated in human experimentation at concentration camps, then as a key prosecution witness at Nuremberg, a combination that drew lasting scrutiny to how medical authority was exercised within the German military apparatus. His case raises enduring questions about accountability when those with institutional knowledge of atrocities later proved useful to Allied prosecutors. The arc of his career, from wartime complicity to courtroom cooperation, illustrates the complex negotiations that shaped postwar justice.
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Walter Paul Emil Schreiber (21 March 1893 – 5 September 1970) was a medical officer with the German Army in World War I and a brigadier-general (Generalarzt) of the Wehrmacht Medical Service during World War II. He would later serve as a key witness against Hermann Göring during the Nuremberg Trials.
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