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‘Nuremberg Code Is Our Defense Against Abusive Experimentation’
Vera Sharav
(Access the post with more information and a video of Vera’s speech here)
The moral significance of the Nuremberg Code — the most authoritative, internationally recognized document in the history of medical ethics — cannot be overstated.
I came to Nuremberg to provide historical context to the current global threat confronting our civilization.
These past two-and-a-half years have been especially stressful — as painful memories were rekindled. In 1941, I was 3-and-a-half years old when my family was forced from our home in Romania and deported to Ukraine.
We were herded into a concentration camp — essentially left to starve.
Death was ever-present. My father died of typhus when I was 5.
In 1944, as the Final Solution was being aggressively implemented, Romania retreated from its alliance with Nazi Germany. The government permitted several hundred Jewish orphans under the age of 12 to return to Romania.
I was not an orphan — my mother lied to save my life...