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In The Nazi Doctors, Robert Jay Lifton examines the role of physicians in the Holocaust, detailing the medical procedures and ethical breaches that enabled genocide. Drawing on interviews with SS doctors and Holocaust survivors, Lifton exposes the paradoxical concept of "healing killing"—the idea that the removal of one group could be framed as a medical cure for the rest. Through rigorous historical analysis, the book illuminates how medical practice was co-opted for atrocity, offering insights into the psychological mechanisms that allowed such crimes to be rationalized. The work has been recognized with the 1987 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust studies.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Robert Jay Lifton
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