About 86,800 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Josef Mengele: What Were the Human Experiments? - History

    He tried sex change operations, removing organs and operating on victims without anaesthesia. He also tried to prove that Jewish and Gypsy people were genetically inferior through several …

  2. Josef Mengele | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Nov 15, 2024 · SS physician Josef Mengele conducted inhumane, and often deadly, medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz. He became the most notorious of the Nazi doctors …

  3. Nazi human experimentation - Wikipedia

    Many experiments were conducted on captured Soviet troops; the Nazis wondered whether their genetics gave them superior resistance to cold. The principal locales were Dachau and …

  4. Doctor Josef Mengele and his experiments in the camp

    Doctor Josef Mengele is one of the most recognizable perpetrators of crimes at Auschwitz, primarily due to his pseudomedical experiments. However, can we begin by discussing his …

  5. Josef Mengele: The Infamous Nazi Doctor of Auschwitz

    Feb 3, 2025 · Josef Mengele (1911-1979) was a Nazi doctor who performed horrific pseudo-scientific experiments on detainees in the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was a …

  6. Medical experiments - Auschwitz

    Thousands of people were victims to pseudo-medical studies carried out in Auschwitz-Birkenau, where prominent doctors pertaining to the Nazi apparatus ignored all ethical concerns and …

  7. A History of Mengele's Torturous Twins Experiments - ThoughtCo

    Jul 26, 2024 · Josef Mengele conducted brutal experiments on twins in Auschwitz, seeking genetic secrets for the Nazi regime. Around 3,000 twins were taken from their families, but …

  8. Mengele's Medical Experiments - Urologic History

    Mengele firmly endorsed Nazi racial theory and engaged in a wide spectrum of experiments aiming to illustrate the susceptibility among Jews or Gypsies to various diseases.

  9. The Angel of Death: Josef Mengele’s Horrifying Experiments in …

    Apr 18, 2025 · Unlike other camp doctors who delegated killings, Mengele took a hands-on approach, personally selecting victims for his grotesque experiments. Mengele’s arrival at …

  10. Josef Mengele | Biography, Death, Angel of Death, & Facts

    Josef Mengele, Nazi doctor at Auschwitz extermination camp (1943–45) who selected prisoners for execution in the gas chambers and conducted medical experiments on inmates in …