Medical Experiments the Doctors that Performed them and their Witnesses in Concentration Camps
We know how horrible people were treated in concentration camps; however, not all of us are aware of the atrocious treatment that transpired prisoners in concentration camps and how deep the terror really went. One of the most disgusting things they did to people were medical experiments. Among the surplus of revolting forms of abuse were the various medical experiments performed by the national socialist regime (German doctors), on prisoners. ... Josef Mengele, was responsible for some of the most shocking experiments. The experiments that were performed by German doctors ranged from “low-temperature” experiments to “high-altitude” ones. Involuntary camp prisoners became the victims of these experiments. The concentration camp, Dachau, was where most of these experiments took place. It was also the first concentration camp ever to be built. ... Another experimentation was with high altitude, which was performed between March and August 1942. ... Between February 1942 to April 1945, doctors at Dachau attempted to find cures and immunization for malaria. ... From July to September of 1944, for the benefit of the German Air Force and Navy, the doctors conducted experiments to study various methods of making seawater drinkable. ... Such experiments resulted in serious bodily injury to the victims. The Ravensbrueck concentration camp hosted another experiment called the "sulfanilamide experiment" from July 1942 until September 1943. ... 4 The doctors involved in the experiment would then tie the ends of major blood vessels in the wound to simulate a battle injury. ... ” Prisoners at the Ravensbrueck camp became subjects of other experiments such as the bone, muscle, and nerve regeneration and bone transplantation experiments between September and December of 1944. ... The Nazi doctors then waited until their patients recuperated to see how they redeveloped. ... The Doctors’ Trial foretold the doom of twenty-three German physicians who conducted medical experiments on prisoners without their consent or on human beings “unworthy of life”, who were mentally or physically disabled. ... The definition of the Doctors’ Trial is as follows: “The trial of several Nazi medical researchers for war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Nuremberg Code, following the Nuremberg Trials of military and political leadership figures.” The Doctors’ Trial was also known as the Nuremberg Trial, which was held in the city of Nuremberg from 1945 to 1949. ... The purpose of this trial was to prosecute all the doctors that performed pseudoscientific experiments exploiting camp prisoners without their approval. All of the doctors were charged with the following four counts: the common design or conspiracy, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and membership in criminal organization.