File:Results of a medical experiment with phosphorous at Ravensbrueck concentration camp.jpg
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English: In the experiment, a mixture of phosphorus and rubber was applied to the skin and ignited. After twenty seconds, the fire was extinguished with water and then wiped with R17. After three days, the burn was treated with Echinacin in liquid form. After two weeks the wound had healed. This photograph, taken by a camp physician, was entered as evidence during the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg. |
| Date | November 19 - 1943 December 29 |
| Source | https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa11003 |
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Public Domain status asserted by the United States Holocaust Museum at [1], section "Rights and Restrictions", citing Source Record ID: 238.5.3-Brandt Case, Pros. Ex. 288
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This work of bildende Kunst (visual art) or photography was published in Germany before the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (UrhG) came into effect on January 1, 1966. It does not indicate its author and was published by a legal entity under public law (§ 5 KUG; for details see Wikipedia:Bildrechte). Therefore according to § 134 Satz 2 UrhG, copyright expires 70 years after publishing.
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