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
Law in Nazi Germany Hitler’s rule, frequency and severity of laws passed increased, in particular with the Nuremberg Laws, as demanded by Hitler. These were announced after the annual Nazi party rally in Nuremberg on the 15 of September 1935. Consisting of three laws, the Nuremberg laws became the authority for which arrests and violence against Jews were legalised. This stated that the national colours of Germany were black, red and white, also affirming the swastika flag as the new national flag. In the words of Hitler, this was created to “repay a debt of gratitude to the movement, under whose symbol Germany regained