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Sean Skiver Research Paper The Nazi experiments were operations conducted upon prisoners of concentration camps. These brutal and often fatal experiments were conducted during World War I, when Adolf Hitler was he ultimate power in Germany. The victims of the brutal operations were Jews, African Americans, Gypsies, and several other races and ethnicities. These experiments were totally wrong and unethical. Although, many of the doctors when put to trial pleaded not guilty, and claimed it was in the name of science. One of these awful experiments was called "Freezing experiments." During these, test subjects were forced to either stay outside in the cold with no clothing, or be submerged in ice water for 1-3 hours. The victims were so cold that their internal body temperature was 25 degrees. Then, to warm the victims back up, they would subject them to many different treatments. One of these techniques was putting them underneath a sun lamp for an extended period of time. Another technique was called "Internal irrigation," in which they would force scalding hot water into their stomachs and bladders. The final and least harsh method was submerging the victims in a hot bath, this was also the most successful of the other, brutal methods. Even though the Nazi experiments were evil and unethical, some of the doctors, when put to trial, claimed they were "In the name of science." Even though testing on human subjects is an awful war crime, and violates the victims’ human rights in many ways, some scientific discoveries were made. For example, the freezing experiments, German doctors discovered the fastest way to re-heat their fighter planes. Another example of how these experiments contributed to science was the salt water experiments. These were conducted to find a way to make salt water or sea water drinkable. If these experiments would have succeeded, they could have a made a huge difference, effecting the whole world. Other experiments that could have made a difference was sterilization experiments. These experiments were conducted to simulate real wounds, by getting cut by things like rusty metal, wood, or glass. These experiments actually brought Germany a step closer to healing wounds acquired during battle. Another one of these experiments was sterilization. In this experiment, the doctors would make incisions in the limbs of the victims, and then would put several different things like antibiotics. The purpose of these was to simulate wounds acquired during battle. More experiments performed were called high altitude experiments. During these procedures, they would place people in low- pressure chambers for an extended period of time. These results didn’t convey any brutal response from the victims. Another experiment was malaria experiments, in these, they would infect people with the Malaria, various other diseases, then inject them with other things to attempt to cure them. Even though the doctors were blindly injecting miscellaneous antibiotics into people, they claim it was to find cures for certain diseases. Little no to People survived these experiments, which is reasonable considering how brutal and illegitimate they were. Although, one of the survivors is still today, her name is Susan Vigorito. Her and her sister Hannah, were imprisoned and tortured by Dr. Rascher, one of the lead doctors in these experiments. They were kept in a small, 3 x 5 cage, for days without food. Then finally, they were taken out, they were both laid on operating tables and performed gruesome experiments upon. Such as, malaria, and sterilization. Susan’s sister Hannah died to multiple cuts to the spine. Susan made it out alive, but with several wounds to the neck and back. Susan still morns the death of her sister. At the end of World War II, these doctors were finally charged with the awful crimes they committed. At the “Doctor’s Trial,” on August 19th, 1947, convicted 23 people of torture and murder. These experiments were wrong and unethical. Science is no excuse to torture, or kill people. They may have had some contribution to science, but they had no real evidence of any scientific advancement resulting from the experiments. I conclusion, the doctors in the Nazi experiments were wrong in using human test subjects. It was not science, it was torture.