28 December 1942 | Prof. Carl Clauberg began his experiments on female prisoners at Auschwitz to develop a non-surgical mass sterilization method.

He made sure that the Fallopian tubes were open & introduced a specially prepared chemical irritant, which caused acute inflammation. This led to the growing together of the tubes & their obstruction.

🎧 Medical experiments at Auschwitz:
https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-part--5-Criminal-pseudo-medical-experiments-in-Auschwitz-e14484p

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"On Auschwitz" (5): Criminal pseudo-medical experiments in Auschwitz by On Auschwitz

A particularly drastic example of betrayal of medical ethics is the participation of many German doctors in the criminal pseudo-medical experiments carried out on concentration camp prisoners. Paweł Sawicki spoke to Teresa Wontor-Cichy from the Memorial Research Centre about the experiments conducted in Auschwitz.

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@auschwitzmuseum @histodons There exists a "better" picture of "The beast", made by the artist Stefan Krikl. I don't know if I'm allowed to share this here, but you can find it on wikipedia under the entry of the artist.