Doctors who remain true to their Hippocratic oath, and medical scientists who place scientific truth above political pressure, are persecuted, suspended and silenced worldwide. We document their cases.
In Germany, doctors are being sentenced to years in prison not because they harmed patients, but because they examined them and certified what was medically obvious: that a mask is contraindicated in severe asthma. That a vaccination should not be administered with a known autoimmune disease. That the duty of medical care must be placed above a political regulation.
Two years and nine months in prison was the sentence for a doctor who issued mask exemptions after individual examinations with documented indications. In the same period, a German court sentenced a prosecutor who had raped his own eight-year-old son to one and a half years suspended. One must place these two verdicts side by side to understand which values a society actually protects, and which it abandons.
The message to the medical profession is unmistakable: whoever opposes the political consensus, even on the basis of a medical examination, even to protect the patient, will be existentially destroyed. Loss of medical licence. Practice closure. House search. Prison.
And those who are not imprisoned are silenced in other ways. Hundreds of doctors have spent years in a state of legal limbo: their cases are neither dismissed nor heard. They are trapped in a grey zone where any public statement can be deemed prejudicial to proceedings. Those who defend themselves risk an escalation of charges. Those who remain silent are forgotten. It is hard not to see calculation in this: the mere existence of open proceedings disciplines more reliably than any verdict.
This platform documents what must not be forgotten. Every single case, so that individual cases become a complete picture and silence becomes an indictment.
First time here? We recommend these cases as an introduction to the topic.
Case #0036
Opened a new general practice on 1 July 2026.
Appeal dismissed in 2025, constitutional complaint pending before the Federal Constitutional Court; further proceedings open, fines of more than €86,000.
Case #0021
Dr. Witzschel currently faces professional and economic ruin. But she has a very loyal personal network that is always there for her and …
2 years 8 months imprisonment, 3-year professional ban – since 6 Feb 2026 at Chemnitz Prison (JVA Chemnitz)
Case #0039
In accordance with the principle “primum nil nocere” (first, do no harm!), I would act in exactly the same way again at any time.
Died on 25 May 2021; the proceedings still pending were discontinued post mortem
Case #0016
Despite everything, I would do the same again. My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to provide…
€18,477.65 or 180 days of imprisonment
Case #0011
* Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had the right to an individual medical assessment, and I had the duty t…
Appeals rejected, proceedings ongoing
Case #0032
Everything I have to say on this is in the book "mRNA-Impfungen", which I co-edited with Helmut Sterz.
Acquittal in first instance in Plön; appeal lodged by the Senior Public Prosecutor's Office, appeal proceedings pending at the Kiel Regional Court.
Case #0013
Only in the context of "lawfare" as a NATO strategy for combating the plandemic can it be explained how we persecuted doctors – and their…
Two years imprisonment on probation, €28,410 fine and €18,000 additional condition
Case #0017
Despite everything, I would do it all again. My hope is that this documentation helps make the public aware of what happened to physician…
90 daily fines of €50, 18 months probation
Case #0012
Based on my medical ethics, I could not have acted any differently.
Acquittal on certificates, fines for not wearing a mask and for participating in walks
Case #0024
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. All people have a right to information – and with my training as a toxicologist, phar…
Asset seizure of €1.3 million – no court proceedings for over four years
Case #0027
*A good conscience is a soft pillow.* I would act the same way in the same situation. My conclusion after five years of proceedings: w…
1 year 10 months suspended sentence, confirmed by the Federal Court of Justice; constitutional complaint pending
Case #0029
*Birgit Barden, widow:* My husband said repeatedly that he stood by what he had done and would not take it back, despite all the conse…
Died on 6 February 2024 – criminal proceedings discontinued posthumously
Case #0022
My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment of their respective health situation, in line with the criteria of evidence-b…
1 year 5 months probation; 3-year certificate ban; medical license suspended
Case #0025
I would not act in the same way again to the same extent. My patients had a right to individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to…
Four convictions, seventh charge pending – practice closed in October 2025
Case #0002
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had a right to individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to provi…
Convicted to 1 year and 2 months suspended sentence, total professional ban
Case #0020
This initiative, launched by MWGFD e.V., aims to bring public attention to the unacceptable situation of the doctors persecuted by the st…
200 daily fines: 20,000 euros plus court costs
Case #0007
The truth is like the sun – it cannot be denied. In the suffering caused by the Corona protective measures and the social division, I saw…
Sentenced to 1 year and 9 months on probation. Ongoing attempt to revoke medical license.
Case #0034
Criminal proceedings over a single mask-exemption certificate from 2020 – search of the practice in 2022, discontinued under Section 153a…
Proceedings discontinued under Section 153a StPO against a 3,000 € payment; no conviction.
Case #0018
Ich wünsche mir in der Zukunft eine Menschheitsfamilie mit Werteorientierung, Moral, Rechtschaffenheit, Unbestechlichkeit, Zuverlässigkei…
Main hearing of appeals pending
Case #0008
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. Despite a patient admission freeze, new patients plead and beg to be accepted, in ord…
Ongoing proceedings under § 278 StGB
Case #0037
Do not give up in these crazy times. I would not do anything differently. Freedom of therapy, patient autonomy, the rule of law and freed…
Criminal case ended in a final acquittal; several disciplinary proceedings by the Medical Chamber still open, two fines, complaint to the Constitutional Court pending.
Case #0003
* In conformity with the medical professional code, the applicable laws and regulations, and my medical judgement, it was a self-evident …
Appeal proceedings ended with a discontinuation against a condition (€4,000 to Doctors Without Borders) – no conviction, no admission of guilt. Second indictment (37 certificates) still open.
Case #0009
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment, and I had a duty to prov…
Appeal against withdrawal of practising licence filed, hearing date pending
Case #0019
I was and am one of the few physicians who, despite all adversities, tried to help and be available to patients until the very end of my …
Fee cuts of over 100,000 EUR, forced eviction of the practice, proceedings ongoing
Case #0036
Opened a new general practice on 1 July 2026.
Appeal dismissed in 2025, constitutional complaint pending before the Federal Constitutional Court; further proceedings open, fines of more than €86,000.
Case #0021
Dr. Witzschel currently faces professional and economic ruin. But she has a very loyal personal network that is always there for her and …
2 years 8 months imprisonment, 3-year professional ban – since 6 Feb 2026 at Chemnitz Prison (JVA Chemnitz)
Case #0039
In accordance with the principle “primum nil nocere” (first, do no harm!), I would act in exactly the same way again at any time.
Died on 25 May 2021; the proceedings still pending were discontinued post mortem
Case #0016
Despite everything, I would do the same again. My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to provide…
€18,477.65 or 180 days of imprisonment
Case #0011
* Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had the right to an individual medical assessment, and I had the duty t…
Appeals rejected, proceedings ongoing
Case #0032
Everything I have to say on this is in the book "mRNA-Impfungen", which I co-edited with Helmut Sterz.
Acquittal in first instance in Plön; appeal lodged by the Senior Public Prosecutor's Office, appeal proceedings pending at the Kiel Regional Court.
Case #0013
Only in the context of "lawfare" as a NATO strategy for combating the plandemic can it be explained how we persecuted doctors – and their…
Two years imprisonment on probation, €28,410 fine and €18,000 additional condition
Case #0017
Despite everything, I would do it all again. My hope is that this documentation helps make the public aware of what happened to physician…
90 daily fines of €50, 18 months probation
Case #0012
Based on my medical ethics, I could not have acted any differently.
Acquittal on certificates, fines for not wearing a mask and for participating in walks
Case #0024
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. All people have a right to information – and with my training as a toxicologist, phar…
Asset seizure of €1.3 million – no court proceedings for over four years
Case #0027
*A good conscience is a soft pillow.* I would act the same way in the same situation. My conclusion after five years of proceedings: w…
1 year 10 months suspended sentence, confirmed by the Federal Court of Justice; constitutional complaint pending
Case #0029
*Birgit Barden, widow:* My husband said repeatedly that he stood by what he had done and would not take it back, despite all the conse…
Died on 6 February 2024 – criminal proceedings discontinued posthumously
Case #0022
My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment of their respective health situation, in line with the criteria of evidence-b…
1 year 5 months probation; 3-year certificate ban; medical license suspended
Case #0025
I would not act in the same way again to the same extent. My patients had a right to individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to…
Four convictions, seventh charge pending – practice closed in October 2025
Case #0002
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had a right to individual medical assessment, and I had the duty to provi…
Convicted to 1 year and 2 months suspended sentence, total professional ban
Case #0020
This initiative, launched by MWGFD e.V., aims to bring public attention to the unacceptable situation of the doctors persecuted by the st…
200 daily fines: 20,000 euros plus court costs
Case #0007
The truth is like the sun – it cannot be denied. In the suffering caused by the Corona protective measures and the social division, I saw…
Sentenced to 1 year and 9 months on probation. Ongoing attempt to revoke medical license.
Case #0034
Criminal proceedings over a single mask-exemption certificate from 2020 – search of the practice in 2022, discontinued under Section 153a…
Proceedings discontinued under Section 153a StPO against a 3,000 € payment; no conviction.
Case #0018
Ich wünsche mir in der Zukunft eine Menschheitsfamilie mit Werteorientierung, Moral, Rechtschaffenheit, Unbestechlichkeit, Zuverlässigkei…
Main hearing of appeals pending
Case #0008
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. Despite a patient admission freeze, new patients plead and beg to be accepted, in ord…
Ongoing proceedings under § 278 StGB
Case #0037
Do not give up in these crazy times. I would not do anything differently. Freedom of therapy, patient autonomy, the rule of law and freed…
Criminal case ended in a final acquittal; several disciplinary proceedings by the Medical Chamber still open, two fines, complaint to the Constitutional Court pending.
Case #0003
* In conformity with the medical professional code, the applicable laws and regulations, and my medical judgement, it was a self-evident …
Appeal proceedings ended with a discontinuation against a condition (€4,000 to Doctors Without Borders) – no conviction, no admission of guilt. Second indictment (37 certificates) still open.
Case #0009
Despite everything, I would act the same way again. My patients had a right to an individual medical assessment, and I had a duty to prov…
Appeal against withdrawal of practising licence filed, hearing date pending
Case #0019
I was and am one of the few physicians who, despite all adversities, tried to help and be available to patients until the very end of my …
Fee cuts of over 100,000 EUR, forced eviction of the practice, proceedings ongoing“More than 1,000 German doctors and thousands of their patients are currently being criminally prosecuted and punished for granting exemptions from wearing masks and from Covid-19 vaccinations during the pandemic.”
“Reports from Germany show that the government is pushing aside patient autonomy and restricting people’s ability to act according to their own beliefs in medical decisions.”
“During the Corona pandemic, there was at no time an obligation for doctors to carry out Covid-19 vaccinations. Anyone who did not want to offer vaccinations for medical, ethical or personal reasons was neither liable to prosecution nor had to fear sanctions.”
Criminal prosecution had occurred exclusively in cases of fraud and forgery, such as the issuing of false vaccination certificates or fake mask exemptions.
The official narrative obscures what is actually happening: hundreds of doctors still stand before the courts today, years after the pandemic ended. Many of them acted in good conscience, issued medical certificates and supported their patients’ individual health decisions. They were charged, convicted and are serving multi-year prison sentences.
What is officially classified as “fraud and forgery” was in many cases nothing more than the exercise of medical freedom of conscience. This is exactly why this website was created: to document what happens when doctors stand up for their patients’ wellbeing, and the state punishes them for it.
1,521 investigations under § 278 StGB since 2020, and these are the figures from only five of the sixteen federal states, together around 30 % of the population. On the true scale, the Federal Government remains silent.
To the official figures, and why the Federal Minister of Health’s rebuttal is factually wrong →
Case #0045
Accusation: Convicted of issuing incorrect health certificates (§ 278 StGB): 26 months in prison in total (of which 16 months in pre-trial detention), withdrawal of his medical licence and …
Case #0044
Accusation: Criminal and professional-conduct prosecution over the issuing of mask-exemption and vaccination-exemption certificates (Section 278 of the German Criminal Code). At first insta…
Case #0043
Accusation: Reprimand by the medical association over allegedly inadequate documentation of a vaccination-exemption certificate – a legal challenge is pending.
Case #0042
Accusation: Convicted of issuing incorrect health certificates (Section 278 of the German Criminal Code): in 20 cases he confirmed a measles vaccination for children without carrying it out…
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Public documentation protects. Those affected are less vulnerable when their cases are observed internationally.
We demand the preservation of medical freedom of conscience as a fundamental human right: politically, legally, publicly.
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Report a CaseThis platform systematically documents the persecution of physicians, of habilitated medical scientists and of scientists with medical expertise (toxicology, pharmacology, virology and others) who acted in good conscience. The cases published here are only the beginning; in Germany alone, our research indicates that there are several thousand affected, with further countries to follow.
In the months and years ahead we will continuously add, research and publish further cases. Each new entry takes time: research, making contact, reviewing documents, editing and translation.
This is not a sprint but a marathon.