The Trial of a Nazi Doctor

Andrew Wisely is Associate Professor of German at Baylor University (Texas), where he teaches German language, literature, history, and culture. He has published articles in Central European History (2019), Holocaust Studies (2020), and S.I.M.O.N. (2021), and has also published a book chapter in Recognizing the Past in the Present. New Studies on Medicine Before, During, and After the Holocaust (Berghahn Books 2020).

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations



Introduction



Part I: Lucas the SS Doctor



Chapter 1. Radicalization (1933—1943)

Chapter 2. Auschwitz-Birkenau (December 1943—August 1944)

Chapter 3. Mauthausen and Stutthof (August—December 1944)

Chapter 4. Ravensbrück (December 1944—February 1945)

Chapter 5. Sachsenhausen and Exit from the SS (March—April 1945)



Part II: Lucas the Accused



Chapter 6. Under Scrutiny: Becoming the Accused (1956—1963)

Chapter 7. “White Raven” of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial (1964)

Chapter 8. Confession, Closing Arguments, Judgment (1965)

Chapter 9. The Path Toward Acquittal (1965—1970)



Conclusion



Bibliography

Index