Medical Experiments
During the Holocaust the Nazi party issued a series of medical experiments to advance German medicine, without the consent of the patients. These Medical Experiments took Place at a series of Concentration Camps including Dachau, Auschwitz, Ravensbrueck
Types of Medical Experiments
1.
Sea Water Experiments: From July of 1944 to September of
1944 experiments were lead at Dachau to study the viability of making Sea water
drinkable. Through the experiment people were deprived of food and only given
chemically processed seawater. The experiments created great pain and suffering
for the patients and resulted in extreme dehydration and organ failure.
2. Freezing Experiments: From August 1942 to May 1943 experiments were conducted at Dachau concentration camp, to benefit German air force, they investigated the most effective way of treating people who had been extremely chilled. Through the experiment they subjects were forced to remain in a tank of ice water for 3 hours. Many victims died through the course of the experiments but the survivors were severely chilled and the medical doctors attempted to rewarm them. Another attempt was through keeping the subjects for many hours at below freezing temperatures. The victims were in extreme pain.
3. High altitude experiments: From March 1942 to August 1942 experiments were conducted at the Dachau camp, to benefit the German air force. The experiment investigated human endurance through extremely highly altitudes. Subjects were put in low-pressure chambers where they would be put in high altitude conditions up to (68,000 feet). Most victims died through the experiments.
4. Bone/ Muscle experiments: Form September 1942 until December 1943 transplant experiments were lead by the Reavensbrueck concentration camp. Nazi scientist wanted to test the possibility of transplanting major organs for injured soldiers. Bones, muscles, and nerves were removed from subjects and implanted to others. Many subjects were injured and suffered permanent disability.
5. Sterilization Experiments: From March 1941 to January 1945 sterilization experiments were done at Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck camps. The purpose of the experiments was to create a method of sterilization, which would sterilize millions of people with little effort and time. Through these experiments were done through surgery, X-ray, and various drugs. Thousands of Jewish and gypsy women were put through this treatment. The victims suffered great mental and physical distress.
They were sterilized through injections that produced horrible pain, inflamed ovaries, bursting spasms in the stomach, and bleeding. The injections seriously damaged the ovaries of the victims, which were then removed and sent to Berlin.
6. Poison experiment: Conducted form December 1943 to October 1944 at Buchenwald camps test effects of chemical poisons on humans. The poison was administered through food or the poison- laced bullets. Most victims died quickly.
7. Malaria Experiments: conducted form February 1942 to April 145 in Dachau camp to investigate immunization for and treatment of malaria. Subjects were infected by mosquitoes, or injections of mucous glands of mosquitoes. After having the contacted the disease the subjects were treated with various drugs. Many victims died and others suffered severe and permanent disability.
8. Lost (mustard) Gas experiments: From September 1939 to April 1935 at Sachenshausen concentration camp experiments were conducted to benefit German armed forces to investigate the most effective treatment on wounds caused by Lost gas. Lost gas is a poison gas, which is known as mustard gas. Through the experiments wounds were infected with the lost gas. Some subjects died others suffered intense pain.
2. Freezing Experiments: From August 1942 to May 1943 experiments were conducted at Dachau concentration camp, to benefit German air force, they investigated the most effective way of treating people who had been extremely chilled. Through the experiment they subjects were forced to remain in a tank of ice water for 3 hours. Many victims died through the course of the experiments but the survivors were severely chilled and the medical doctors attempted to rewarm them. Another attempt was through keeping the subjects for many hours at below freezing temperatures. The victims were in extreme pain.
3. High altitude experiments: From March 1942 to August 1942 experiments were conducted at the Dachau camp, to benefit the German air force. The experiment investigated human endurance through extremely highly altitudes. Subjects were put in low-pressure chambers where they would be put in high altitude conditions up to (68,000 feet). Most victims died through the experiments.
4. Bone/ Muscle experiments: Form September 1942 until December 1943 transplant experiments were lead by the Reavensbrueck concentration camp. Nazi scientist wanted to test the possibility of transplanting major organs for injured soldiers. Bones, muscles, and nerves were removed from subjects and implanted to others. Many subjects were injured and suffered permanent disability.
5. Sterilization Experiments: From March 1941 to January 1945 sterilization experiments were done at Auschwitz and Ravensbrueck camps. The purpose of the experiments was to create a method of sterilization, which would sterilize millions of people with little effort and time. Through these experiments were done through surgery, X-ray, and various drugs. Thousands of Jewish and gypsy women were put through this treatment. The victims suffered great mental and physical distress.
They were sterilized through injections that produced horrible pain, inflamed ovaries, bursting spasms in the stomach, and bleeding. The injections seriously damaged the ovaries of the victims, which were then removed and sent to Berlin.
6. Poison experiment: Conducted form December 1943 to October 1944 at Buchenwald camps test effects of chemical poisons on humans. The poison was administered through food or the poison- laced bullets. Most victims died quickly.
7. Malaria Experiments: conducted form February 1942 to April 145 in Dachau camp to investigate immunization for and treatment of malaria. Subjects were infected by mosquitoes, or injections of mucous glands of mosquitoes. After having the contacted the disease the subjects were treated with various drugs. Many victims died and others suffered severe and permanent disability.
8. Lost (mustard) Gas experiments: From September 1939 to April 1935 at Sachenshausen concentration camp experiments were conducted to benefit German armed forces to investigate the most effective treatment on wounds caused by Lost gas. Lost gas is a poison gas, which is known as mustard gas. Through the experiments wounds were infected with the lost gas. Some subjects died others suffered intense pain.
Who Could Be In Charge of Such Experiments?
Karl Brandt
He was among the 15 defendants found guilt of war crimes at the Doctor trial. From 1928- 1944 he was a medical doctor of the NSDAP (Medical party. During 1939 he participated in the euthanasia program, which involved systematic execution of the elder, insane, incurably ill, and deformed children through gas or lethal injections. IN 1944 he was appointed Reich commissioner of Sanitation and Health, the highest Reich authority. In 1945 he was arrested by the British, put on trial and executed June 2, 1948.
He was among the 15 defendants found guilt of war crimes at the Doctor trial. From 1928- 1944 he was a medical doctor of the NSDAP (Medical party. During 1939 he participated in the euthanasia program, which involved systematic execution of the elder, insane, incurably ill, and deformed children through gas or lethal injections. IN 1944 he was appointed Reich commissioner of Sanitation and Health, the highest Reich authority. In 1945 he was arrested by the British, put on trial and executed June 2, 1948.
Carl Clauberg
He joined the Nazi party in 1933 and was a fanatical supporter of its ideology. Clauberg went to Auschwitz in December 1942 to perform sterilizing experiments on subjects. IN 1943 he wrote:
"The non-surgical method of sterilizing women that I have invented is now almost perfected . . . As for the questions that you have directed to me, sir, I can today answer them in the way that I had anticipated: if the research that I am carrying out continues to yield the sort of results that it has produced so far (and there is no reason to suppose that this shall not be the case), then I shall be able to report in the foreseeable future that one experienced physician, with an appropriately equipped office and the aid of ten auxiliary personnel, will be able to carry out in the course of a single day the sterilization of hundreds, or even 1,000 women."
In 1948 he was put in to trial by Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years but was pardoned 7 years later and went back to the Federal Republic of German. Later in 1955 protesters protested about his existence and he was arrested and died in 1957.
He joined the Nazi party in 1933 and was a fanatical supporter of its ideology. Clauberg went to Auschwitz in December 1942 to perform sterilizing experiments on subjects. IN 1943 he wrote:
"The non-surgical method of sterilizing women that I have invented is now almost perfected . . . As for the questions that you have directed to me, sir, I can today answer them in the way that I had anticipated: if the research that I am carrying out continues to yield the sort of results that it has produced so far (and there is no reason to suppose that this shall not be the case), then I shall be able to report in the foreseeable future that one experienced physician, with an appropriately equipped office and the aid of ten auxiliary personnel, will be able to carry out in the course of a single day the sterilization of hundreds, or even 1,000 women."
In 1948 he was put in to trial by Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years but was pardoned 7 years later and went back to the Federal Republic of German. Later in 1955 protesters protested about his existence and he was arrested and died in 1957.