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The Pros And Cons Of Experiments Done By Germans During The Holocaust

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The good that came from the bad done by the Germans during the holocaust. The Germans were trying to get the edge on the battlefield trying advance their race to make them super. Although these experiments were lethal they got some good out of this they got results from doing this. We now know things we may not have figured out until later. We got years of advancements from these experiments done by the Germans. There is definitely good in bad things. Tons of test were ran in concentration camps by doctors because they could force the prisoners to do the test. They got a lot of results from the test they ran they were improving the way they lived. One test was “These experiments were designed to develop hypothermia-protective suits that would enable the downed airmen to …show more content…

The test got promising results but some people don’t think the test should be trusted because they feel that the Germans may have tampered with it. They forced the test subjects to take pills and injected them with drugs. They got a lot of new medicine and poisons from doing this. The drugs that they used to kill them we use them today to cure things like “discovery of aspirin in 1899” came from these experiments. They ran tons of test on these people and they couldn’t stop the Germans from forcing the drugs into their bodies. Not very many of the people tested on made out of the concentration camps alive. They ran all kinds of test like vaccines, poisons, technology, and genetics. They didn’t only run test on adults they ran them on children too. The Germans were ruthless they didn’t care what they did they just wanted results and that's what they got. They forced the drugs into their test subjects. They ran test on twins to see if they had any kind of special connections or powers. They tattooed their subjects to keep track of

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Did you know that some prisoners in concentration camps during WWII were subjected to serious, and sometimes fatal medical experiments done on them? There are three different categories of medical experiments. These experiments were only done to help the Nazis survive during that time. Hitler was originally the one who gave the german physicians permission to do these horrific experiments on innocent people.

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Certain criteria were to be met in order for these people to be a part of the tests. It first started with observing and testing on children under the age of three with chronic illnesses or disabilities, whether it be mental or physical. When it was decided that the lives of innocent children were not enough, the criteria for being someone in these experiments changed. Those running the tests started searching for adults with disabilities, illnesses, or mental health issues who were not

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He also removed limbs and organs just so they could look alike. He tried to make siamese twins (There was one siamese twin that lasted for three days before it died). This is the most inhumane and most cruel out of all the experiments they did. Again, learning about what they did in the concentration camps teaches us more and more about how lucky we are living in this time period. We do not live in fear of being tortured or killed because of our ethnic background.

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Also, the Germans saw, heard, and knew about the mass killings being carried out as the Jews were being taken away and deported, but they all decided to keep quiet and turn a blind eye to the injustice happening around them, none of them stood up for the Jews, they only stole from them. According to “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,” the author explains “German physicians helped carry out Nazi eugenic racial policies aimed at increasing the births of hereditary healthy "German-blooded" persons and decreasing those of persons viewed as genetically "defective" and a burden on national resources.” This proves that the German Physicians voluntarily assisted the Nazis by carrying out their racial policies aimed at killing the Jews. The Nazi soldiers followed Hitler's instructions involuntarily and they did it for a prize or a reward, while the German physicians did it at their own will. This means that they were not expecting anything in return, and they did it to discriminate against the Jews and begin the

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Mengele’s idiotic fixation on race made him want to observe the genetic causes he was certain were behind this. He took the infected, sawed their heads off and sent samples to Germany to be studied (Stockton). Once a boy got sick and some doctors were debating what the cause was, Josef, saying it was tuberculosis. Mengle then left, shot the boy and then dissected him to observe a disease. He found nothing.

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But in all reality, the experiments, although very sickening, they were very very useful, they may have not been very humane, but in the end the data was still useful. Do you think the Medical experiments by SS during Holocaust were Justified? This paper is organized to explain both sides of the topic, why it was helpful, why it was not called for, a few short survivor stories, and also a brief critical thinking “wrap up.” This is for the people who think the test’s were justifiable, there was a lot of good that came out of the experiments. There was a big advancement in what the human body can take, and couldn't take.

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In Alan Lefor’s article “Scientific Misconduct and Unethical Human Experimentation: Historic Parallels and Moral Implications” he refers to Dr. Josef Mengele’s work with twins: “Documents have revealed that Mengele carried out much of his work for his own academic advancement, as partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Habilitation, an advanced academic credential in Germany”. The way in which Mengele conducted his research demonstrates his lack of concern for his patients, and raises ethical issues with the method of conducting human experiments. It should also be noted that these experiments were not part of the national agenda, and yet they were reviewed and funded by the Reichsforschungsrat, which was created in Germany in 1937 by the education ministry for all basic and applied research. The approach taken by physicians for these experiments on humans raises ethical issues of the physician profession and tasks, as their stated goal is to treat patients with the hope of curing ailments. The experiments on prisoners in the concentration camps reveal the shift to the health of the state being the focus above the health and well-being of the

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Through chemical showers and cruel/unusual punishment the Nazis dehumanized them and used them as scapegoats.

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In fact they were being harmed. An example from the movie is when the participants in the experiment were told entering the program by Nurse Evers that they were all being treated for bad blood when in fact they were being solely experimented on for the benefit of the government. The men were receiving free treatment that was not even designed to better their health. The benefits for the participants did not outweigh the risks. Matter of fact one may argue that there were many risks and little to no benefits.

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