Between the years of 1943 to 1945, experiments were held at the Natzweiler and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, design to experiment on the causes and effects of epidemic jaundice. Victims were injected with the disease, then studied during their prolonged period of suffering. Epidemic jaundice is now known as Hepatitis A, and is still highly endemic in many areas of the world. Illness from a Hepatitis A infection can cause jaundice, abdominal pain, fever and extreme nausea. The majority of the victims at the Sachsenhausen and Natzweiler camps were Polish, and many died as a result of the infection, while others experienced underwent high levels of pain. Only one charge against those involved with the epidemic jaundice experiments led to a successful conviction. Karl Brandt, head of the Nazi euthanasia program, was found guilty of working to enable the inhumane tests.
