6th international conference
Medical Review Auschwitz:
Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire
15–17 September 2025
Kraków, Poland
Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire is an annual international conference designed to educate the world’s medical community about medical ethics and practice in the context of the Second World War.
Open-access collection of English translations from the Polish scientific journal Przegląd Lekarski – Oświęcim (Medical Review – Auschwitz).
Video lectures from previous editions of the international conference Medical Review Auschwitz: Medicine Behind the Barbed Wire.
Medical Review Auschwitz is an academic platform exploring the medical aspects of Nazi German persecution in concentration camps, focusing on physician involvement and the resistance of prisoner doctors. It fosters discussions on wartime medical crimes’ impact on bioethics today. Key components of the project include an open-access journal and an annual conference.
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Meet Jay R. Malone, MD, PhD a pediatric critical care physician and clinical ethicist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, where he is currently the Medical Director of Ethics and chair of the medical ethics committee. He received his Ph.D. in Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University. His dissertation focused on the impact of invasive medical technologies on the suffering of children and families. Dr. Malone’s ongoing research focuses on the role of suffering in pediatric critical illness, and the impact of emotion on family communication around the dying process. He is also a medical faculty member with the FASPE – Fellowships for the Study of Professional Ethics 🌐Check the full program at: www.medical-auschwitz.one/program2025 ✅Register at medical-auschwitz.one/conference/registration #MedicalReviewAuschwitz #MedicalEthics #MRA #HolocaustEducation
Medical Review Auschwitz is led by the Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine, a nonprofit nongovernmental organization. You can help us continue the project by making a donation. Thank you for your support.