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Josef Mengele Research Paper

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Josef Mengele “Angel of Death” Josef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911. Josef was the oldest of three sons in his Bavarian family, and they were strictly Catholic. He was popular and smart in his town. He went on to study philosophy, medicine, physical anthropology, hereditary biology, and racial hygiene. He became an assistant to Dr. Otmar von Verschuer, who was a leading scientific figure. In 1937 he joined the Nazi party, and in 1938 went into the SS. He was drafted into the army in 1940, and volunteered in the medical service of the Waffen-SS (Armed SS). Later on in 1942, he was wounded on the Russian front and pronounced unfit for duty. After being cut from the field, he volunteered to go to to a concentration camp (Auschwitz in particular), and was later transferred there. To Mengele, Auschwitz seemed like the best location for such research because of the large number of available twins and subjects to use as specimens for his experiments. In May, 1943, Mengele …show more content…

First thing, blood was drawn in large quantities. It was drawn from fingers, arms, and necks simultaneously. Blood was transfused from one twin to the other. To try and fabricate blue eyes, drops of chemicals were placed in the eyes. This caused severe pain, infections, and temporary or permanent blindness. Injections were mostly in the spine or spinal taps with no anesthesia. Diseases, such as tuberculosis, would be purposely given to one twin and not the other. Various surgeries without anesthesia included organ removal, castration, and amputations.The final experiments were autopsies. He performed autopsies on twins who had died from the experiments and ones purposely killed just for them. Once one twin had died, the other one was killed to compare damage to the body. Approximately 3,000 twins were pulled from the ramp, mostly children. Only about 200

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