Nazi Medical Experiments

Honoring the Disgraced
When thinking about the horrors of the Nazi regime, you shouldn’t overlook the benefits of Nazi medical experimentation on concentration camp victims. Although the tests performed by the Nazis are typically cast in a negative light, the papers detailing their findings are rich in useful information. However, in a misguided attempt to respect the dead, the medical community has ignored the documents that hold within them the ability to change the world for the better. If properly utilized, the data gathered from the Nazi experiments could impact the medical community on unforeseen levels, equipping multiple fields with knowledge that could potentially save many lives in dire circumstances, such as those with hypothermia,

The Nazis have already “conducted experiments to determine whether there were any natural immunities to Tuberculosis ("TB") and to develop a vaccination serum against TB”, so why did we spend extra time re-discovering what was already known (Cohen)? If we had chosen to utilize the Nazis research, the rest of the world could have known about possible cures, their derivatives, and what doesn't work before our scientists went through the lengthy process of trial and error themselves. If the medical community had easier access to the reports, the time to develop more effective TB treatments and vaccines could have been reduced and be in production

Some also believe that using Nazi research means that we are showing that it was acceptable for the torture to take place, since the information gained was beneficial. Most of us can agree that the Nazi experiments were beyond justifiable, so why not honor those who died in a way that can save the lives of others: applying the research their lives were sacrificed for in ways that benefit humanity, instead of letting it go to waste. We use statistics and data from other horrific events, such as plagues, WW1, WW2, and Vietnam to further our understand of illness, deadly injuries, and psychological conditions, so why do we object to using the Nazi’s data? We are not re-creating or continuing the horrific means used to gather the information, instead we are only using what is already available to us. If there was a doctor that turned a blind eye to already known information, something that could greatly improve his patient's quality of life, would you want to go to that doctor for treatment? Of course not! So why tolerate the medical negligence that is ignoring a vast amount of data that could save