Freezing ExperimentsFreezing tests were used to see how a person's body reacted to extremely cold temperatures, as soldiers on the front would have been subjected to.
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High Altitude ExperimentsConducted on prisoners of Dachau prison camp, this test was used to record physical and psychological responses to extremely high air pressure.
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Experiments on TwinsTwins were researched to determine how the Nazis could produce more humans thought to be "desirable" by their worldview, or to multiply the German race.
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Experiments On Twins
Josef Mengele was the leading doctor of experiments on twins. The sets of twins were measured completely, every part of their body was carefully measured and observed. Once they had obtained all living data from the twins, the twins were simultaneously killed by an injection of chloroform into the heart. After being killed, they were dissected and researched. Over 1,000 pairs of twins were researched, and only 200 of those survived.
Freezing Experiments
Freezing experiments were done to determine the best way to stop hypothermia that many soldiers received while fighting on the Eastern front. The tests done at Rascher and Dachau aimed to determine (1.) how long it took to lower the body temperature to death, and (2.) how long it took to resuscitate a victim. Prisoners of the camps were undressed and placed in vats of ice water for up to five hours at a time, or strapped to a stretcher and placed outdoors in sub-zero temperatures. 80 to 100 victims of these tests died.
High Altitude Experiments
Dr. Sigmund Rascher conducted high-altitude tests on prisoners of the
Dachau prison camp. These tests aimed to determine the highest altitude
the crew of a damaged plane could parachute from safely.
The victims were placed in low pressure chambers to simulate that of high altitudes. In the chambers, their psychological responses to the pressure were monitored. Some even had their brains dissected during the test to
prove that the sickness came from air bubbles in the brain's blood vessels.
About 200 people were used for these tests. 80 died during the test, and the rest were executed.
Dachau prison camp. These tests aimed to determine the highest altitude
the crew of a damaged plane could parachute from safely.
The victims were placed in low pressure chambers to simulate that of high altitudes. In the chambers, their psychological responses to the pressure were monitored. Some even had their brains dissected during the test to
prove that the sickness came from air bubbles in the brain's blood vessels.
About 200 people were used for these tests. 80 died during the test, and the rest were executed.