Nuremberg Code Nuremberg Code The Nuremberg Code () is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation created as a result of the Nuremberg trials at the end of the Second World War. The origin of the Nuremberg Code began in pre–World War II German politics, particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. The pre-war German Medical Association was considered to be a progressive yet democratic association with great concerns for public health, one example being the legislation of compulsory health insurance for German workers. However, starting in the mid-1920s, German physicians, usually proponents of racial hygiene, were accused by the public
Bamberg witch trials straw came with the trial of Dorothea Flock, member of a well-off merchant family from Nuremberg. She was arrested in December 1629 and her husband did everything he could to obtain her release. An Imperial edict was issued by the "Hofrat", but the witch hunters learned about its imminent delivery and executed Dorothea shortly before its arrival. This caused outrage among the leadership of the Catholic church in Germany, who held the bishop responsible. An investigation by the "Hofrat" prevented any further trials from being launched. They ended for good when the Protestant Swedish troops approached Bamberg in 1632. The