Waldemar Hoven
Waldemar Hoven | |
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Hoven in U.S. custody | |
| Born | 10 February 1903 |
| Died | 2 June 1948 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Convictions | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
| Trial | Doctors' Trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | Thousands |
Span of crimes | 1940 – 12 September 1943 |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Location | Buchenwald concentration camp |
Waldemar Hoven (10 February 1903 – 2 June 1948) was a Nazi physician at Buchenwald concentration camp, and convicted war criminal for conducting human experiments regarding typhus which led to the deaths of many concentration camp prisoners, and as one of the organizers of the euthanasia program Aktion T4; this Nazi initiative resulted in the systematic murder of 275,000 to 300,000 disabled people. He was sentenced to death and hanged on 2 June 1948.