The Holocaust: Medical Experiments Of The Holocaust

Medical experiments of the Holocaust The holocaust happened during World War 2 in addition, it started the year 1939 and ended in 1945.“The holocaust was not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy.” ~ Simon Wiesenthal. Doctors are meant to save life’s not to destroy them. Medical experiments during the holocaust is still remembered today because of the doctors who performed them, the test subjects they used, the extreme practices performed and the results.
To begin with, the medical experiments during the holocaust were performed by a series of doctors in which they all performed a different method on different test subjects. These test subjects were blacks, Hispanics, Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, men, women, kids both boy and
Sigmund Rascher and many others managed the tests of high altitudes and freezing hypothermia. The practices of the high altitudes were to better understand low- pressure and maximum altitudes in which a damaged aircrafts crew can parachute without harming themselves (Holocaust memorial).High altitudes were conducted They placed prisoners in chambers that estimated to 68,000 feet. They recorded their responses as they died. He would also dissect their brains even though they were alive. In the end the results were that tiny air bubbles started forming in their blood vessels. Out of 200 subjects they used only 80 died right away and the rest were put-out (Tyson). Experiments that had to do with freezing were to reach a cure for German soldiers who had gotten hypothermia. Hypothermia is when the condition of body temperature is higher than normal. Rascher and others would place prisoners in icy water either in suits or naked, and others were strapped down naked and placed outside in the freezing cold. While these humans were suffering these doctors would keep track of their patient’s heart rates, body temperature, muscle reflexes and many other ideas. When the victim’s temperature reached 79.7 degrees Fahrenheit they were put into hot sleeping bags, blistering baths in order to warm up. 80 to 100 people died during these tests (Tyson). These tests were used for 2
For example, phosgene is a toxic gas that was out during World War 1. These doctors would release these 52 patients into a gas fort. This gas caused lot of irritation into their lungs. Many were already weak which caused them to get many diseases and even death. The results of this task were pulmonary edema. In the same way Nazi doctors would also amputate limbs, legs and shoulders and in certain circumstances even remove parts of the bones, muscles and nerves. Their idea was to learn if they could successfully append one of these sections onto someone who had lost them or it (Tyson).
In conclusion, during the holocaust era many innocent patients suffered severely due to these experiments that were used. “The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” ~ George Santayana. These stories will forever live in their fears and in some cases in their lessons. Many of these doctors later died throughout their age while some were found guilty and send to prison. Karl Brandt was one of the 15 found guilty and was sent to prison which later she hung herself. She was Hitler’s personal