The Holocaust was not only a time of killing and labor, but doctors also performed experiments that had a lasting and often fatal effect on many people. Doctors used the persecuted prisoners who went to the concentration camps as subjects to experiment on with the hopes of learning about Genetics and promoting the German cause. There were many doctors who played a pivotal role in the Holocaust such as Mengele, and Schumann. The experiments they performed were not only gruesome but very meaningful. The experiments were very unhealthy, and painful and the subjects were awake the entire time. All in all, the doctor's, experiments, and the victims of the experiments are all major contributing factors to the Final Solution. There were many doctors…show more content… Some of these experiments were to personally benefit the Nazi party for further research on certain areas. They basically tested things that could be encountered on the battlefield on the Jews. There were at least 30 different experiment that they did on prisoners. One of the main experiments are freezing. They put the prisoners into icy cold water to simulate a pilot ejecting into icy water. They strapped down people naked or in aviator suits to simulate this. Another experiment was what Mengele was famous for. He had always been interested in twins. He was looking for secrets to rapidly increase the population. He did these experiments on 1,000 pairs of twins and roughly only 200 survived. If he was unable to further the experiment than he would stab an injection of chloroform to their hearts. Another experiment was on Tuberculosis. Doctor Heissmeyer injectected Tuberculosis directly into a prisoner's lung to see if people are immune in order for him to create a vaccine. A different experiment they did was Phosphene gas. They were looking for an antidote but 4 had died since many of the prisoners were malnourished and weak. The Nazi’s also tried to do transplants. They tried to take joints, bones, and muscles and transplant them to someone else. It ultimately failed. Doctors also forced prisoners to only drink sea water which also failed. The doctors were looking for new ways of
