Riaud Xavier
Vesalius. 2006 Dec;12(2):79-93.
This story of three SS dentists shows very clearly that the medical code of ethics, under a totalitarian regime, ends where ideology begins. Professor Hugo Blaschke provided dental care to the most eminent Nazi leaders, but he also was the senior SS dentist. He was in charge of dental care in the Waffen-SS, and therefore, he had responsibility for the stocks of dental gold collected from the mouths of those who died in the concentration camps, in order to make dentures for his soldiers. Dr Hermann Pook was the dentist in charge of all the other dentists practising in the concentration camps. He was responsible for gathering statistics on the dental care provided for prisoners in the camps. His instructions were very clear: "No conservation or restorative treatment. Only extractions, and with no anaesthesia!" He was also in charge of gathering the gold that was collected in the camps, for the financial department of the SS. Dr Willy Frank, an Auschwitz dentist, took part in the selection of some of the convoys for the gas chambers. His participation in the collection of gold from the mouths of the dead was also established. These three men were sentenced to prison for War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.
三名党卫军牙医的故事非常清楚地表明，在极权主义政权下，医学伦理准则在意识形态开始的地方就结束了。雨果·布拉斯克教授为最杰出的纳粹领导人提供牙科护理，但他也是党卫军高级牙医。他负责武装党卫军的牙科护理，因此，他要对从集中营死者口中收集的牙科黄金库存负责，以便为他的士兵制作假牙。赫尔曼·普克博士是负责在集中营执业的所有其他牙医的牙医。他负责收集集中营为囚犯提供牙科护理的统计数据。他的指示非常明确：“不进行保存或修复治疗。只拔牙，不使用麻醉剂！”他还负责为党卫军财务部门收集集中营里的黄金。奥斯维辛集中营的牙医威利·弗兰克博士参与了一些运往毒气室的囚犯车队的挑选工作。他参与从死者口中收集黄金的行为也得到了证实。这三人因战争罪和反人类罪被判处监禁。
