Nazi experimentation and treatment of twins 8 728

A day in the life of a twin in a Auschwitz

  • Eva & Miriam Age Ten relocated to Auschwitz

    Eva & Miriam Age Ten relocated to Auschwitz
    Immediately identified as twins and were separated from the family for experimentation. The rest of the family died in the gas chambers. Auschwitz was separated into parts, the girls were in the part called Birkenau.They were tattooed and sent to the experimental part of the camp after they showered.
  • mornings

    the twins got awaken at 6 o'clock and had to report for role call. they then ate a small breakfast and Dr. Mengele would come for inspection and bring them candy or chocolate.they got to play soccer unlike other children in the camps "'Dr. Mengeles children" were treated better than most.
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    A day as a twin in Auschwitz

  • observation before the experiments

    every day the twins were taken into a room where they would have to sit naked and be observed. the "doctors" would take note of every single part of both twins body parts and document them. they would take photographs and measure their arms, legs and every part they could and compare the twins measurements.
  • medical experiments: blood

    blood was taken from the twins and the got shots in the arm that was not touched yet. in very small children blood was drawn from their necks
  • experiments: eyes

    drops or shots of chemicals would be put in their eyes to try to turn the twins eye colors to blue. This often caused severe pain, infections, and temporary or permanant eye sight damage.
  • experimental injections

    they would be injected with a series of shots in their eyes, spine, arms, legs and buttox. the shots caused a severe amount of pain diseases were purposfully given to one twin and not the other.
  • surgeries

    surgeries
    without anesthesia organ removal, castration, and amputations occured daily.
  • The final experiment

    if you and your twin were lucky enough to make it through the experiments this process began all over again the next day, if you died Dr. Mengele used your body for furthor research and killed your twin to do the same.