Identification of Josef Mengele’s Noma Experiment Victims
Affiliation:
1. Centre for Science Studies, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e.V. , 1 Jägerberg, Halle Saale 06108, Germany
Abstract
Abstract
This research note analyzes Josef Mengele’s experiment on sixty-three victims in Auschwitz suffering from noma, a rare and often fatal disease that results in the erosion of oral facial tissue. The author examines Mengele’s noma experiment, the treatments imposed on the victims, and the retention of specimens from the Nazi era. Through a comprehensive chart, the author includes biographical information on all known victims of the experiment.
Funder
Paul Weindling
Michal Palacz
National Academy of Sciences
Barbara Warnock of the Wiener Holocaust Library
Museum of Romani Culture
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max Planck Society
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science,History