Nazi Medical Experiments

During World War II many Nazi physicians experimented on prisoners in the concentration camps. These experiments were often painful and sometimes even deadly. This was extremely unethical but the Nazis simply did not care. Some experiments were aimed at the survival of the German troops. These experiments consisted of finding ways to cure hypothermia and make sea water drinkable for the troops. This, however, wasn't the only thing that they did. They experimented on curing illnesses and injuries that the troops might have. For example, malaria, typhus, tuberculosis, infectious hepatitis etc. Most prisoners fought against such experiments so they would be given phosgene or mustard gas to experiment on them. Some physicians would even introduce certain diseases to different races to see how they would withstand them. The main purpose of this was to "Jewish racial inferiority". The most chilling experiment was the development of an inexpensive way to whip out Jews, Roma, and any others that the Nazis deemed less superior.


United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Nazi Medical Experiments". Holocaust Encyclopedia. United                    States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 10 June 2013. Web. 20 Feb 2014.
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