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Eva Mozes Kor (January 31, 1934 – July 4, 2019) was a Romanian-born American survivor of the Holocaust.Along with her twin sister Miriam, Kor was subjected to human experimentation under the direction of SS Doctor Josef Mengele at the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
Josef Rudolf Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, where he was nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel). [1]
The purpose of these experiments was to develop a method of sterilization which would be suitable for sterilizing millions of people with a minimum of time and effort. The targets for sterilization included Jewish and Roma populations. [12] These experiments were conducted by means of X-ray, surgery and various drugs. Thousands of victims were ...
Fifty survivors - now in their late 80s and 90s - will attend a ceremony marking the camp's liberation. ... Jona Laks, now 94, survived the medical experiments of Josef Mengele at Auschwitz ...
Jona Laks (Hebrew: יונה לקס, born 28 April 1930) is an Israeli Holocaust survivor who was subject to human experimentation by Josef Mengele at the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the war, she founded and served as chairwoman of the Organization of the Mengele Twins.
Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a 2006 documentary film about Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the Holocaust, and Dr. Josef Mengele and his staff, who experimented on her and her twin sister Miriam Mozes, as well as approximately 1,400 other twin pairs.
Assigned to supervise twins used in the medical experiments of Josef Mengele. Saved children from the gas chamber on several occasions. After the camp's liberation, he took 157 Mengele twins and homeless children to safety in Hungary. 29 years old in 1944. Miklós Nyiszli [59] June 17, 1901: May 5, 1956: 54 Jewish June 1944 – January 18, 1945
Surgical experiments Death Friedrich Entress: December 8, 1914: May 28, 1947: Injections Executed [34] Hans Eppinger: January 5, 1879: September 25, 1946: Sea water experiments None (suicide) Fritz Fischer: October 5, 1912: 2003 [c] Surgical experiments Life Karl (Franz) Gebhardt: November 23, 1897: June 2, 1948: Injections & surgical ex ...