Professor Dr. Claus (after other sources: Klaus) Schilling (* 5. July 1871 in Munich, "† 28. May 1946 in Landsberg at the Lech) was a German tropical physician and camp physician in the KZ Dachau.

Schilling studied cook in Berlin with Robert and was concerned since 1898 with the study and fight of the malaria. After activity as a colonial physician in Africa busy itself Schilling since the 1920er-Jahren with serologischen experiments at patients of Italian mental hospitals. In Rome Schilling met experiments the "“realm health leader"” Leonardo Conti, which it on go-eat from Heinrich Himmler with it entrusted, its for the identification of a cure against the malaria in the KZ Dachau away-adds.

At February 1942, as over Schilling began its research in the KZ. On over 1100 prisoners it accomplished contempting for human beings attempts, by letting inject the pro gangs or an excerpt from their in order to develop a vaccine against the malaria. Also the synthetic malaria medicine Boehringer 2516 tested Schilling at KZ-prisoners. Victims of Schilling experiments became at the beginning above all Polish of clergyman, later then Italians and Russians also arrested. About 30 persons died at the consequences of the attempts, about 300 to 400 became direct late victims of the aftereffects. The attempts were only stopped on 5 April 1945 to Himmlers arrangement.

Schilling was accused after the release of the KZs in the Dachauer processes and condemned to death. The death penalty became to 28. May 1946 executes.

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