The Nazi medical experiments took place during WWII in where German scientist, at Hitler's command, conducted various experiments on thousands of prisoners at the concentration camps. These experiments have been divided into three categories: The survival of Axis Military personnel, the development of medicine, and advancement on racial ideologies of the Nazi overview.
The First division: In order to preserve the safety of air personnel and combat specialist, physicians took it upon themselves to experiment with aviation in attempt to increase the safety of their air forces. These experiments included using low pressure chambers for high altitude experiments in order to determine the maximum altitude in where air forces could parachute to safety. In order to test these theories many prisoners were subjected to the high altitude and forced under extreme conditions such as freezing temperatures in attempt to find the limits of hypothermia, frostbite, and pneumonia.
The Second division: This field centered on improving medicine during the war in attempt to aid German soldiers on the battlefield. In order to do this, scientist used prisoners to experiment on in order to see the capabilities of the human body. These experiments involved testing immunization compounds and sera for the prevention and treatment of then common diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, yellow fever, amongst many other diseases. As well as experiments many prisoners were subjected to phosgene and mustard gas in order to test possible antidotes for likely diseases and injuries to occur during battle.
The Third division: This section served to advance the racial agenda of the Nazi party. These experiments most famously involved twins in order to show genetic similarities between family members, with twins being the most viable. These experiments ranged from injecting dye into their eyes to sewing twins together in attempt to create conjoined twins. Other experiments attempted to conclude which diseases affected which race more than another, and many were subjected to contagious illnesses.
The First division: In order to preserve the safety of air personnel and combat specialist, physicians took it upon themselves to experiment with aviation in attempt to increase the safety of their air forces. These experiments included using low pressure chambers for high altitude experiments in order to determine the maximum altitude in where air forces could parachute to safety. In order to test these theories many prisoners were subjected to the high altitude and forced under extreme conditions such as freezing temperatures in attempt to find the limits of hypothermia, frostbite, and pneumonia.
The Second division: This field centered on improving medicine during the war in attempt to aid German soldiers on the battlefield. In order to do this, scientist used prisoners to experiment on in order to see the capabilities of the human body. These experiments involved testing immunization compounds and sera for the prevention and treatment of then common diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, yellow fever, amongst many other diseases. As well as experiments many prisoners were subjected to phosgene and mustard gas in order to test possible antidotes for likely diseases and injuries to occur during battle.
The Third division: This section served to advance the racial agenda of the Nazi party. These experiments most famously involved twins in order to show genetic similarities between family members, with twins being the most viable. These experiments ranged from injecting dye into their eyes to sewing twins together in attempt to create conjoined twins. Other experiments attempted to conclude which diseases affected which race more than another, and many were subjected to contagious illnesses.