Why+did+they+do+all+these+experiments?

The Nazis had reasons to do these experiments, some of them were for a reason, which was usually to help people, but most were for no real reason at all. Throughout all of the research that I did I have noticed three main reasons for their experiments. The first was to make new technology to help the German soldiers, by testing the technology on the prisoners first. Doing this, the doctors got an idea if the different things that they invented would work or not. One example of this in the camps is shown on the main page of the FAQ. This is a picture of a prisoner being submerged in very cold water while wearing an experimental suit that was made to withstand extreme cold. Another reason that the Nazis preformed these experiments was to help make advances in the medical community and gather knowledge on different topics. One example of this is that the research that the Nazis did on the effects of hot and cold on the human body still survives today and is used in the medical community. However one of the biggest reasons that these experiments were done on prisoners was because it was just another way to torture and kill the Jews and other prisoners in the camps. An example of this can be seen in the section on twins in the question that I answered, What experiments did they perform?, it can be seen that the doctors didn't really want to learn anything, but instead just torture and kill the people in the camps.

By: Alex Hatch