Fritz Fischer | |
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Born | 5 October 1912 |
Died | 2003 (aged 90–91) |
Occupation | Physician |
Political party | Nazi Party |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
Trial | Doctors' trial |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment; commuted to 15 years imprisonment |
Fritz Ernst Fischer (5 October 1912 – 2003) was a Nazi German medical doctor who performed medical atrocities on inmates of the Ravensbrück concentration camp.[1] He was tried and convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1947 Doctors' Trial; he was sentenced to life imprisonment, but his sentence was commuted to 15 years and he was released in 1954.