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The Nazi regime decided to launch a secret program under the name of the Aktion T4 program—targeting the mentally ill and disabled population, labeling them as unworthy of life. Doctors used euthanasia to take the lives of over 275,000 victims through gas chambers, lethal injection, and starvation. This event set the stage for the mass human experimentation that soon followed for a number of years. Learn more information on this event at: https://youtu.be/4xto54XTjHM?si=nMHHsmYpUZcP2Bzs -
Once again at the Dachau concentration camps, prisoners were infected with various diseases, including Malaria, to develop vaccines for the German troops. The experiments were forced and lacked any ethics, leaving over 300-400 of 1000 victims alive—rendering many of the remaining crippled. Learn more on this experiment at: https://youtu.be/fS-yMD2GwRU?si=Olcg-j5jJPpXRocV -
At the Ravensbruck concentration camp, they began to inject and intentionally wound women to test sulfa drugs and bone/muscle transplants under direction of various Nazi medical researchers. Around 86 women were experimented on, only 74 surviving. Learn more about this experiment at: https://youtu.be/01f-VDg9b3c?si=fMluv890h885HZ-e -
After a brief meeting in Berlin, Heinrich Himmler, a German Nazi politician, authorized the human experiments at Auschwitz—including (but not limited to) forced sterilization, chemical, and radiation testing under the disguise of “racial science.” Learn more information about this event at: https://youtu.be/mnbMXk6oVaM?si=tq18oaRGZZmn6Uwf -
These experiments occurred at the Dachau Concentration Camp, where prisoners were exposed to freezing baths, outdoor conditions, and hypobaric pressure chambers to simulate the conditions faced my downed airmen. This experiment took the lives of around 80-200 prisoners, while around 400 were used in experimentation. Learn more information about this experiment at: https://youtu.be/vs0s_upvFEo?si=hOoW_gieoHdZ-f-j -
At the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, many prisoners were secretly fed poisons or unwillingly given poisonous injections to evaluate the lethality and effects—aswell as the antidotes. This experiment was tested on 40-50 victims, all survivors being killed for autopsy. Learn more information on this topic at: https://youtu.be/75ncQatIHpk?si=DZsp9519B3nPKF6v -
This experiment involves Dr. Josef Mengel, a camp physician. He conducted twin experiments through injecting dyes into their eyes, performing unnecessary amputations—aswell as dissection children to explore racial genetics. This experiment took the lives of around 1300 of the 1500 twins used in experiments. Learn more about this experiment at: https://youtu.be/gdgPAetNY5U?si=1EF9e2gHlTRBuCoB -
The seawater and survival experiments at Dachau concentration camp involved victims being forced to only drink seawater or treated saltwater to test for survival methods of stranded pilots. This experiment was run as an act of desperation of information, leaving many to suffer the effects of hydration, madness, a death. This experiment involved 90 prisoners, leaving around 50 living. Learn more on this experiment: thttps://youtu.be/7wCIgURvpG8?si=TGsVI0l5e-bMahoh -
On January 27th of 1945, Auschwitz was liberated any Soviet forces and all of the medical atrocities, experiments, and tortures were unveiled. Learn more from a survivor of the Liberation at: https://youtu.be/p3TYsR3oDZU?si=jMqWmRjdA3B-6hsb -
At the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial from 1946-47, 23 Nazi doctors were tried for their medical war crimes. This even was the marking of the first major legal reckoning for human experimentation—trying the doctors involved for the lives of over 7,000 victims across camps. This event led to the creation of the Nuremberg code, a set o 20 ethical principals establishing clear riles for ethical medical research involving human subjects. Learn more at: https://youtu.be/zui0oNxSR1E?si=hMmENV1tpCtHHhBT -