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General Collected Materials of the 65th Base Hospital and the 65th General Hospital, 1917-2002

Contains materials related to the 65th unit's base hospital in England and reunions following WWII. Materials include administrative records, unit reports, newsletters, hospital data, photographs, artifacts, memorabilia, and videotapes. The videotape subseries includes interviews with former soldiers, a history of the unit, footage from a sculpture dedication, and a master copy of a documentary history of the unit. Materials date from 1917 to 2002.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002

65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002 15.6 Linear Feet (9 cartons, 1 flat box, 2 map folders)

Contains personal papers, records, and memorabilia of the United States Army 65th General Hospital, a United States Army Medical Corps unit staffed by Duke University Medical Center alumni in England during World War II. The unit distinguished itself as a center for both specialized treatment and the immediate care of combat casualties. Following the war, physician of the 65th, Leo Alexander, acted as a consultant to prosecutors in the Nuremberg Trials. Types of materials include official reports, newsletters, patient records, memorabilia, oral histories, photographs, artifacts, audiovisual materials, investigative notes, and short writings. Major subjects include Duke University Medical Center, United States Army, the 65th General Hospital, World War I, World War II, war crimes, neurosurgery, Ivan Brown, Leo Alexander, Norman Ross, and O. Norris Smith. Materials range in date from 1917 to 2002.

Publications, 1926-1998

This subseries contains copies of articles and publications about infamous doctors, neurology, the Nuremberg trials, and psychology. Included are copies of Michael Shevell's articles on Alexander's contributions to the Nuremberg Code, a set of research ethics for human experimentation and medical research. Materials date from 1926 to 1998.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. Leo Alexander Papers, 1926-1998

Leo Alexander Papers, 1926-1998

Comprised of Alexander's saved records of his own department and the neurosurgical service. Contains travel documents and orders from WWII, research and investigative reports related neurosurgery, reports and correspondence related to Nazi medical experiments, patient records, correspondence, trial records and transcripts, test results, and photographs. Of special significance is material dealing with Alexander's later work as an investigator and consultant to prosecutors during the Nuremberg tribunal's medical war crimes trials of Nazis from 1946 to 1947. Significant portions of records are in German. Materials date from 1926 to 1998.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002

Copies of Nazi Records, 1939-1943

During World War II, Heinrich Himmler headed the Nazi's SS and took a keen interest in the Nazi medical experiments conducted across the Third Reich. Sigmund Rascher (1909-1945), once a respected physician, was a Himmler associate who tried to use their relationship to his advantage. Rascher and others conducted experiments on prisoners in various concentration camps and across the Third Reich. Racscher's experiments at the Concentration Camp Dachau were judged inhumane and criminal during the Nuremberg trial of other Nazi medical professionals. Alexander procured copies of captured documents to aid in his investigations of Nazi medical experiments. Types of materials include reports and correspondence between Racher, Himmler, and other Nazi officials. The majority of materials in this subseries are photocopies of original documents and in German. Materials date from 1939 to 1943.

  2. 65th General Hospital Collection, 1917-2002
  3. Leo Alexander Papers, 1926-1998