Josef Mengele and the Medical Experimentation in Auschwitz

Abstract

Nazi human experimentation were medical experiments on large numbers of prisons. The medical experimentation focused on radical idealogical tenets including helping the German military, developing weapons and treating injured military personel. Auschwitz was the center for the medical experimants. The most important and outstanding person was Dr. Josel Mengels who was called the “Angel of Death”. He conducted experiments on twins and dwarfs. Nazi medical experimentation reflected violated human rights because consent from the victims was not obtained. The cruel and terrifying method were used resulting in massive loss of lives. After the war these crimes were involved trialled in The Nuremberg Trials.