Focus Research Question: What types of human experiments were done during the Holocaust?
How far can human cruelty go? Enough to mutilate its own species? To be responsible for its agony and deaths? As shown by history, yes, humans are capable of such atrocities. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became the head of Germany. He had decided that certain races were inferior, so he began the Holocaust, exterminating millions of people for being born. Some of these victims were forcibly taken to concentration camps, where they labored for their captors, or become the selected ones to take part in the medical experiments. The doctors at the concentration camps performed a wide variety of experiments with different purposes. These human experiments done by the …show more content…
The purpose of the high altitude experiment was to find out how the human body react at high altitudes and when there is a lack of oxygen. This experiment was done in hopes to find a way to help the German pilot if he was ever shot and did not have access to a parachute or oxygen. Victims selected for the experiment would be locked in a low pressure chamber. The pressure would then be changed to 68 thousand feet (“High Altitude Experimentation”) in order to imitate the pilot’s fall. Most victims fell unconscious and died due to the sudden pressure change or the exposure to atmospheric condition. Another experiment carried out was the freezing experiment. This was to help the German army be better prepared for the conditions in Russia as thousands died from the cold. Some of the victims used were Russians because it was believed that their genetics give them a resistance to the cold. The goal of the experiment was to see how it long it takes for someone to freeze and to find the best way to revive them. The two methods used in the experiment were to put the victim in cold water or to tie them outside in extreme cold. Cold water usually kills the victims the fastest. Most victims become unconscious and start to die when the temperature reach 25℃. A shielded probe was used
How far can human cruelty go? Enough to mutilate its own species? To be responsible for its agony and deaths? As shown by history, yes, humans are capable of such atrocities. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became the head of Germany. He had decided that certain races were inferior, so he began the Holocaust, exterminating millions of people for being born. Some of these victims were forcibly taken to concentration camps, where they labored for their captors, or become the selected ones to take part in the medical experiments. The doctors at the concentration camps performed a wide variety of experiments with different purposes. These human experiments done by the …show more content…
The purpose of the high altitude experiment was to find out how the human body react at high altitudes and when there is a lack of oxygen. This experiment was done in hopes to find a way to help the German pilot if he was ever shot and did not have access to a parachute or oxygen. Victims selected for the experiment would be locked in a low pressure chamber. The pressure would then be changed to 68 thousand feet (“High Altitude Experimentation”) in order to imitate the pilot’s fall. Most victims fell unconscious and died due to the sudden pressure change or the exposure to atmospheric condition. Another experiment carried out was the freezing experiment. This was to help the German army be better prepared for the conditions in Russia as thousands died from the cold. Some of the victims used were Russians because it was believed that their genetics give them a resistance to the cold. The goal of the experiment was to see how it long it takes for someone to freeze and to find the best way to revive them. The two methods used in the experiment were to put the victim in cold water or to tie them outside in extreme cold. Cold water usually kills the victims the fastest. Most victims become unconscious and start to die when the temperature reach 25℃. A shielded probe was used