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During the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi party members were tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prosecutors and judges were comprised of individuals from the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. The chief prosecutors were Robert H. Jackson (United States), Francois de Menthon (France), Roman A. Rudenko (Soviet Union), and Sir Hartley Shawcross (Great Britain). During the trial of Nazi doctors, referred to as the Doctors Trial, Brigadier General Telford Taylor from the United States acted as the Chief of Counsel for the prosecutors. Alexander served as a researcher and consultant during the trials of German doctors accused of performing medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. This subseries contains memorandum between Alexander and the prosecutors, notes on witnesses and defendants, notes from the interrogation of Nazi party members, statements drafted to rebut defense arguments, and documents from the medical war crimes trials at Nuremberg. Materials date from 1946 to 1947.

This subseries includes correspondence, unit reports, hospital regulations, and newsletters. Also contains a separate historical report of the Nursing Service and a summary by chief surgical officer Clarence Gardner of his work. Materials date from 1942 to 1953.

This subseries contains 13 videotapes. Ten tapes in 14 in 3/4-inch, 20 min. format, with reels in CROLYN-II boxes (except for one tape, numbered #6, in a JVC box). The tapes are labeled, "Dr. Brown/4-13." Nine of the tapes are interviews conducted by Ivan Brown with veterans of the 65th General Hospital. Only short portions of these interviews were included in the final video documentary of the 65th General Hospital. Housed with Audiovisual Materials Collection. Materials date from 1981 to 2002.