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Use for discussions of twins incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps for the purposes of medical experimentation. (en-US)

Definizione

Twins incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps for the purposes of medical experimentation. In Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkeneu, these experiments were the primary research undertaking of Dr. Josef Mengele. Four units were established for this purpose -- one in the general SS doctors unit , and one each in the Gypsy camp, men's camp, and women's camp. During intake into Auschwitz, twins were given a special number sequence for their prisoner tattoo that often incorporated the letters ZW (for "Zwillinge," German for "twin"). (en-US)

Fonte

Lifton, Robert Jay. The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide. New York: Basic Books, 1986. pp. 347-360

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• vita e attività nel campo