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Claus Schilling
Claus Schilling served as doctor directing malaria experiments. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Dachau, Germany through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Claus Schilling: 1871-07-05–1946-05-28. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
- Claus Schilling directed forced malaria experiments on about 1200 Dachau prisoners; the trial record confirms the absence of voluntary consent and deaths connected with the experiments. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
- On 1945-12-13, a US military court in the main Dachau trial sentenced him to death, and the sentence was carried out at Landsberg on 1946-05-28. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile separates the documented office and individual conduct from the wider crimes of the institution or subordinate formation. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
Key events and mechanisms
- Claus Schilling directed forced malaria experiments on about 1200 Dachau prisoners; the trial record confirms the absence of voluntary consent and deaths connected with the experiments. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
- On 1945-12-13, a US military court in the main Dachau trial sentenced him to death, and the sentence was carried out at Landsberg on 1946-05-28. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
On 1945-12-13, a US military court in the main Dachau trial sentenced him to death, and the sentence was carried out at Landsberg on 1946-05-28. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
Limits of the evidence
Only claims tied to the cited evidence are included. No individual victim total or additional order is attributed without separate proof. No portrait was selected because rights were not verified. (Source: Harvard Law School Library, Nuremberg Trials Project, cited passage; Source: University of Marburg, International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials, cited passage; Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, cited passage; Source: Robert Koch-Institut, cited passage)
Sources
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