riments were done on many of the prisoners of the concentration camp, but mostly on twins, and dwarfs. The main medical doctor that conducted these experiments was Joseph Mengel who was also known as the "Angle of death." The main types of medical experiments dealt with freezing/hypothermia, genetics, infectious diseases, interrogation, torture, genocide, high altitude, pharmacological, sterilization, surgery, and traumatic injuries. Freezing/hypothermia were conducted by the Nazi high command to simulate what the armies suffered on the Eastern Front. The experiments were divided into two parts. The first part was to determine how long that it takes to lower the body temperature so the person dies, and the second part was how to revive the frozen people that were near death. The main methods used to freeze the people were to put the people outside in freezing temperatures, or to put the person into an icy vat of water. Sometimes when they were forced outside they were strapped to stretchers naked. The icy vat method decreased the body temperature the fastest. The unfortunate victims of these experiments were usually young healthy Jews, or Russians. The resuscitation of the victims was just as painful as the freezing methods, if not more painful. People were placed under sun lamps that were so hot that they would burn the skin. Another method was internal irrigation. The frozen people would be forced to drink scolding hot water to irrigate their stomach, intestines, and bladder. All the victims of this experiment died from it. The hot bath method worked the best to revive the frozen victims. They were placed into a tub and the temperature of the water would gradually increase. If the water temperature increased too much the person could die from shock.Through my research on Auschwitz I think that the camp was more of a death camp than a concentration camp. The people were tortured and killed for no apparent reason. It i...
