Experiments in the Holocaust
During the Holocaust, the main focus was to kill off all of the Jewish race or any race that wasn't Hitler's preferred Aryan race. There were many different unusual ways that Hitler and his followers decided to get rid of the Jews. They tried to make the pain and suffering last long for them. The following processes were both painful and torturous and were all used on the Jews until they died. The experiments that were done included:
-Freezing or Hypothermia
-Genetics
-Infectious Diseases
-Torture and Traumatic Injuries
-High Altitude
-Bone, muscle, and nerve transplantation
-Sterilization
Freezing or Hypothermia
This experiment was mostly conducted on men. It was done to find out two things: how long does it take to lower the body temperature so much to the point of death, and how to bring back to life the frozen victims.
To start the experiment, the victim would either be placed in a tub full of freezing ice water, or strapped to a stretcher naked and put outside in sub-zero temperatures. They were kept there until they started to freeze, and eventually lost consciousness and died once the body temperature dropped to 25 degrees Celsius.
To resuscitate the victim, they would be placed under sun lamps so hot that they burned the skin. Also, internal irrigation was done. This was where near blistering hot water is forcefully irrigated into the stomach, bladder, and intestines. One more way of resuscitation was to put the victim in hot baths where temperatures were slowly raised until they died of shock.
Genetics
Twins, dwarfs, and unique physical specimens were selected to be experimented on, while the rest were sent to gas chambers and to hard labor.
Twins were examined very carefully from head to toe. Measurements of every inch were taken. Twins were allowed to keep their hair for the first few days of examination. After all of the living data of the twins was taken, they were killed with a single injection of chloroform to the heart. They were then dissected and the organs would be sent to research centers.
Twins were also sometimes sewn together to observe if they could form conjoined twins. Also, they were sometimes injected various drugs into the eyes to see if they would change colors.
Such careful experimentation was done on twins because Hitler's followers wanted to figure out how to make more twins in the Aryan race so there would be more of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed people.
Infectious Diseases
Germs from diseases like Typhus and Malaria were injected into healthy people to discover cures for them. This experiment was done so when Nazi soldiers caught the disease, they would be able to be treated quickly.
Torture and Traumatic Injuries
These experiments included forced head injury and the use of sulfonamide.
Head injuries were caused for example by strapping the victim to a chair so they wouldn't be able to move. Then above them, a mechanized hammer was dropped onto their head every seconds. Victims were driven insane from the torture.
The sulfonamide was used after people were inflicted with wounds then infected with having the wounds infected with bacteria. Circulation of the blood was also interrupted by tying off blood vessels at both ends to create a wound like one a soldier would get in the battlefield. Infection was aggravated by forcing wood shavings and ground glass into the wounds. They were then treated with sulfonamide and other drugs to determine effectiveness.
High Altitude
Victims were put into a low pressure chamber which was used to stimulate conditions of up to sixty-six thousand feet. Doctors then performed vivisections on brains of survivors of the experiment. Eighty of the two-hundred subjects died on the spot, and the rest were executed
Bone, Muscle and Nerve Transplantation
This experiment was done to study bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration and bone transplantation from one person to another. Sections of bones, muscles and nerves were removed without anesthesia. Victims suffered intense agony and permanent disability.
Sterilization
These experiments were done to check if there are medicines or rays that damage the reproductive organs of humans completely within the minimum effort and time. Doctors used surgery, x-rays. and various medicines to find the best and most effective way to sterilize people.
Doctors carried out continuous sterilization programs where people were injected with various drugs that lead to infections, inflammation, and death. These experiments were especially done on women.
The doctors were trying to discover medicines on a trial and error basis. People were injected with a drug that contains iodine and silver nitrate, serving doctor's purposes, but leaving the victims to die.
-Freezing or Hypothermia
-Genetics
-Infectious Diseases
-Torture and Traumatic Injuries
-High Altitude
-Bone, muscle, and nerve transplantation
-Sterilization
Freezing or Hypothermia
This experiment was mostly conducted on men. It was done to find out two things: how long does it take to lower the body temperature so much to the point of death, and how to bring back to life the frozen victims.
To start the experiment, the victim would either be placed in a tub full of freezing ice water, or strapped to a stretcher naked and put outside in sub-zero temperatures. They were kept there until they started to freeze, and eventually lost consciousness and died once the body temperature dropped to 25 degrees Celsius.
To resuscitate the victim, they would be placed under sun lamps so hot that they burned the skin. Also, internal irrigation was done. This was where near blistering hot water is forcefully irrigated into the stomach, bladder, and intestines. One more way of resuscitation was to put the victim in hot baths where temperatures were slowly raised until they died of shock.
Genetics
Twins, dwarfs, and unique physical specimens were selected to be experimented on, while the rest were sent to gas chambers and to hard labor.
Twins were examined very carefully from head to toe. Measurements of every inch were taken. Twins were allowed to keep their hair for the first few days of examination. After all of the living data of the twins was taken, they were killed with a single injection of chloroform to the heart. They were then dissected and the organs would be sent to research centers.
Twins were also sometimes sewn together to observe if they could form conjoined twins. Also, they were sometimes injected various drugs into the eyes to see if they would change colors.
Such careful experimentation was done on twins because Hitler's followers wanted to figure out how to make more twins in the Aryan race so there would be more of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed people.
Infectious Diseases
Germs from diseases like Typhus and Malaria were injected into healthy people to discover cures for them. This experiment was done so when Nazi soldiers caught the disease, they would be able to be treated quickly.
Torture and Traumatic Injuries
These experiments included forced head injury and the use of sulfonamide.
Head injuries were caused for example by strapping the victim to a chair so they wouldn't be able to move. Then above them, a mechanized hammer was dropped onto their head every seconds. Victims were driven insane from the torture.
The sulfonamide was used after people were inflicted with wounds then infected with having the wounds infected with bacteria. Circulation of the blood was also interrupted by tying off blood vessels at both ends to create a wound like one a soldier would get in the battlefield. Infection was aggravated by forcing wood shavings and ground glass into the wounds. They were then treated with sulfonamide and other drugs to determine effectiveness.
High Altitude
Victims were put into a low pressure chamber which was used to stimulate conditions of up to sixty-six thousand feet. Doctors then performed vivisections on brains of survivors of the experiment. Eighty of the two-hundred subjects died on the spot, and the rest were executed
Bone, Muscle and Nerve Transplantation
This experiment was done to study bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration and bone transplantation from one person to another. Sections of bones, muscles and nerves were removed without anesthesia. Victims suffered intense agony and permanent disability.
Sterilization
These experiments were done to check if there are medicines or rays that damage the reproductive organs of humans completely within the minimum effort and time. Doctors used surgery, x-rays. and various medicines to find the best and most effective way to sterilize people.
Doctors carried out continuous sterilization programs where people were injected with various drugs that lead to infections, inflammation, and death. These experiments were especially done on women.
The doctors were trying to discover medicines on a trial and error basis. People were injected with a drug that contains iodine and silver nitrate, serving doctor's purposes, but leaving the victims to die.