Emancipation Proclamation
Doctors are often looked up to as miracle workers, they heal people, not hurt them. This was not at all true during the Holocaust in Germany, they could even be perceived as the devils advocates. Throughout history, doctors have indeed performed many wonders. There were, however, some doctors that betrayed this belief and peoples trust. These doctors could be found in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Dachau. These doctors committed unspeakable acts against the Jews, homosexuals, and many other minorities, some doctors even believing that they were conducting helpful experiments. Following the holocaust, however, some of them were punished for their actions. Between 1939 and 1945, more than seventy medical research projects and medical experiments were conducted at Auschwitz and Dachau. Over two hundred doctors participated in such research projects and experiments, sentencing between 70,000 and 100,000 people, held against their will, to death through experimentation. These were mostly Jews, homosexuals and other minorities. They were thought to be inferior to the human race. Such practices became widely accepted and embraced by the Germans, due to the Nazis propaganda. The experiments conducted were diverse, but cou
burns affected the body and how they can be healed. The experiments involving the diseases could help aid the German Armed Forces located in occupied territories where these diseases were common. Finally, the genetic research would help the Nazis to achieve a perfect race, which was their ultimate goal. The first class of experiments was conducted for the Nazi High Command. These experiments dealt with survival and rescue. They involved freezing and extreme temperatures as well as the ingestion of sea water and altitude changes. The freezing healthy military. They were later punished for their crimes. Unfortunately only a few could be found, and put on trial. Others went on with their life, enjoying what they had deprived so many others of. Some even continued their profession of being family doctors all around Germany, and many still have the same Anti-Semitic views they had before when they were professional killers. (Encyclopedia of the Holocaust) experiments were divided into two parts. The first was to see how long it would take to lower body temperature, and the next to decide how to best resuscitate a frozen victim. The doctors would submerge a naked victim in an icy vat of water. They would insert and insulated thermometer into the victim's rectum in order to monitor his or her body temperature. The icy vat proved to be the fastest way to drop the body's temperature. Once the body reached 25 degrees Celsius, the victim would usually die. Another manner to carry out such an experiment was to strap a naked victim to a stretcher and leave him outdoors during extreme winter temperatures. They would then attempt different resuscitation techniques on the victims, which were equally cruel. The victim would be placed bene
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