9 Most Shocking Experiments In Human History

7. Nazi Hypothermia

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The Nazi’s were struggling with hypothermia. Try as they might, they could not stand the cold, whereas the Russians seemed to have no problem with it. Figuring the Russians had a genetic advantage, the Luftwaffe began experimenting on captured Russian soldiers in Dachau and on the Jewish people contained in Auschwitz.

360 to 400 experiments were carried out on 280 to 300 people, meaning many people were subjected to these terrible experiments more than once.

The experiment was to find out how the body reacted in freezing temperatures and to assess different methods for rewarming the body. Prisoners were left naked in the open air for hours at -6 °C (21 °F). Others were dressed in fighter pilot uniforms and submerged in freezing water.

To try and find the best way to rewarm the bodies some prisoners were thrown into boiling water.

Approximately 100 people died as a result of the experiments.

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