Sterilization experiment
From March 1941 to January 1945, sterilization experiments were conducted at Auschwitz, Ravensbrück, and elsewhere by Dr. Carl Clauberg.The purpose was to develop a method of sterilization against millions of people with minimal time and effort. Thousands of victims were sterilized by means of X-rays, surgery and various drugs. The Nazi government attacked some 400,000 subjects as part of its forced sterilization program. Intravenous injections of solutions that were speculated to contain iodine and silver nitrate were successful, but had unwanted side effects, such as vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal pain, and cervical cancer. Thus, radiation treatment became the preferred choice of patients. sterilization. Specific amounts of radiation exposure destroyed a person's ability to produce eggs or sperm. The radiation was administered by means of deception. The prisoners were taken to a room and asked to fill out forms, which took two or three minutes. At this time, radiation was adm...