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The Cruelty of Dr. Mengele and the Nazis Jenkins 1 Dr. Josef Mengele was a Nazi scientist at Auschwitz concentration camp, where he performed horrible Experiments on innocent people. One of Dr. Mengele?s main interests was twins. He performed many experiment on them. Most of them involving injecting one twin with lethal chemicals or viruses making them really sick. Then usually died within a few weeks. (Rees 180) One case was with Eva Moses Kor and her twin sister Miriam, who were Jewish concentration camp prisoners in Auschwitz. Eva was injected with a virus that made her extremely sick. She tried to hide the fact that she was sick, but unfortunately her attempts failed. She was sent to building 21 where she received no food, water, …show more content…

(George 87) Since the day he arrived in Auschwitz, on May 24, 1943 (Gilbert 581) he was cruel and full of hatred. He used his position to torture and kill innocent people. He hid behind the pursuit of knowledge to justify his actions. The inmates refered to him as ?The Angel of Death?. (George 87) Over the course of a year and a half Dr. Mengele took part in at least seventy four selections of prisoners for either the gas chamber, medical experiments, or work detail. (Gilbert 582) Nazi experiments became a very common thing in concentration camps. Nazi scientists experimented on human subjects who were prisoners in the camp. Many of these experiments were excruciatingly painful, and almost all caused people to die. Many became extremely ill and had to fight off illness alone since the SS wouldn?t treat them. Survivors suffered from complications later on in life. Many were diagnosed with terminal illnesses like cancer, tuberculosis, ect. One of the worst experiments was the salt water experiment. During this experiment polish prisoners were given only salt water to drink. This caused people to become severely dehydrated, have massive organ failure, and hallucinate. Some people became so desperate for fresh water they would lick the floors that were freshly mopped just so they could hydrate themselves. Most people died within a few days from organ Failure.

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