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327 - Josef Mengele: Nazi Angel of Death (Happy Holidays)

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Mengele's First Project

Mengele was able to research so much because he had probably the most access of anyone in human history to human beings' time, equipment, and staff with no ethical obligations. His studies would also be shared for collaboration with colleagues at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, and with medical schools for training the next generations of Nazi positions. The scientific program of this institute included the treatment of oral cancer, twin research, eyes of different colors, a collection of growth abnormalities like dwarfism and gigantism, and physical abnormalities like clubfoots and hunchbacks. All of this wouldn't only go towards Mengele's personal research; his lab supplied it with medical instruments and equipment as well.

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