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Dr Mengele Research Paper

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There were many doctors in concentration camps during World War II, but no one can top what Josef Mengele did to the people. Killing over thousands of people, Doctor Mengele did things like freezing their bodies, gassing, giving shots in their eyes, and so many more. Even though his experiments were harsh, it helped us advance in our genetics research today. Doctor Mengele killed lots of men, women, and kids during his experiments, though his main focus was on experiments and research related to twins.

Doctor Mengele was born March 16, 1911 in Gunzburg, Germany. His parents are Walburga and Karl Mengele. Josef Mengele has two siblings, Karl Jr and Alois. Josef came from a wealthier family. His father, Karl, manufactured machinery. …show more content…

He became interested in twins from Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer. The twin’s, he researched on, life began at six o’clock every day. They ate a small proportion of breakfast. Every morning, Doctor Mengele would inspect the children. Doctor Mengele was called “Uncle Mengele” by many of the kids. Everyday the children had blood drawn from them in large quantities from their necks. He would often make the children undress and lay next to each other for several hours so he could examine each and every one carefully. Many experiments were conducted on twins. Most experiments the children didn’t survive and was rare to have one twin alive. Doctor Mengele did lots of experiments on Jewish and Gypsy twins. Josef often dissected the twins into pieces while they were alive without medicine. Mengele wanted the Aryan birthrate to increase, so this is why he desired to understand the twins so he could produce more “perfect” children. Some of Doctor Mengele’s experiments included sewing twins together. He also forced twins to have sex with other twins just so he could experiment on the embryos. Doctor Mengele was obsessed with twins trying to make the master race Hitler

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