1. Experiments at Germany’s Largest Concentration Camp for Women
Volumes can be said about the heinous experiments conducted by Nazi doctors on prisoners. But little is known about Ravensbruck, a concentration camp exclusively for women.
Some prisoners were injected with petrol. Others were reportedly injected with syphilis so doctors could find a cure for German soldiers. At least 50,000 women died there.
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Ravensbruck prisoners called “rabbits” underwent a barbaric experiment in 1942. They had their legs cut open and dosed in bacteria along with dirt and splinters to spread infection. Their legs were then plastered.
The doctors were exploring treatments for combat wounds. Days later, the plaster came off and they were given experimental drugs.
Ravensburck also had a gas chamber, which was used to kill in masses as the Soviet Army approached in April 1945. Afterward, several prisoners were exposed to a new horror – rape by their liberators.
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