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Testimony from German court records relating to the trials of SS men
charged with medical killing at Auschwitz is now available from our
archives. The source for this data, Nauman, is listed in
Recommended Reading.
(See
holocaust/auschwitz auschwitz.010)
Pursued his experiments on live specimens in
Auschwitz. Involved in sterilization projects there. (Laska, 222)
Dering was a Polish prisoner
Involved in vivisection projects at both Ravensbruck
and Auschwitz. Shot as war criminal in 1948. (Laska, 225)
Vivisection. Hanged. (Klee, 258)
Mengele was appointed chief doctor at
Auschwitz by Himmler in 1943. He joined Drs. Klein, Koenig, and
Thilon in running the selection process. Bibliography: Gerald L.
Posner and John Ware, "Mengele: The Complete Story", New York,
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986.(Snyder) Mengele is believed dead,
but his fate remains unknown. (See the 1991 "Children of the Flames,"
for citations regarding Mengele's experimentation on twins)