Blog 13: NAZIS

Since the main focus of my research project is about the ethics and morals of science and scientific research, I decided to read some articles about some of the most immoral scientific studies conducted in history.  I read about the experiments done on human beings by Nazi scientists and doctors.  The Nazi regime and almost everything done in Germany under Hitler’s reign has been considered unethical and wrong.  That would probably be the main reason we invaded Europe to stop the Nazis and Hitler.  The Nazis believe in something called racial hygiene, which allowed them to justify the terrible experiments they did on people.  Their beliefs in racial inferiority made it acceptable to them.  Most of the experiments done on humans were conducted on the prisoners of concentration camps.  Most subjects would die or be killed during the experiments.  A lot of medical experiments were done to help doctors treat soldiers in the military.  Some inmates were injected with the ooze from festering wounds from other patients.  Glass and debris were purposely put in the wounds to mimic injuries obtained during battle.  Inmates were also put out in the cold and had their vitals recorded to find out more about hypothermia.  Many of them were left in the cold to die.  High altitude experiments were done on human subject to find out more for airplane pilots that have been shot down.  Of the 200 subjects, 70 or more died or were killed to study their bodies after the high altitude chambers.  Compared to what happened during this time, not much comes close to the Nazi experiments as far as ethics go.