What is Carl Værnet?
'''Carl Vaernet''' (born: April 28, 1893 in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], died on November 25, 1965, [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) was a doctor in the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]]. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/05/nazi-doctor-gay-people-carl-vaernet-escaped-justice-danish|title=The Nazi doctor who experimented on gay people – and Britain helped to escape justice {{!}} Peter Tatchell|last=Tatchell|first=Peter|date=2015-05-05|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-05-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He is infamous for doing barbaric medical experiments on [[gay]] prisoners. These crimes were hidden from history for over 50 years. With help from the [[British military]], he was not put on trial at [[Nuremberg Military Tribunals|Nuremburg]]. He escaped to Argentina where he is known to have lived openly until his death in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/survivors-of-a-forgotten-holocaust-9270452.html|title=Survivors of a forgotten holocaust|date=2001-06-12|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaernet, Carl}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1965 deaths]] [[Category:Danish physicians]] [[Category:SS officers]] [[Category:Holocaust perpetrators]]