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Joseph Mengele was a physician at Auschwitz during  World War II. He was interested in genetics and wanted to experiment with "abnormal" people to try and achieve the goal of "the perfect race." Mengele experimented on giants and dwarfs but, is most famous for his experiments on twins.

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To Mengele and to many, the perfect race was people with Aryan features. By this, they meant that the specific person had blond hair and blue eyes. Mengele experimented with twins because he thought they held the secret to "perfect Aryan features."

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-Measurements
-Shots and Diseases
-Eyes
-Blood Tests
-Surgeries
-Death

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The twins were measured as one of the experiments. Every detail of their anatomy was carefully examined.

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Another experiments that was performed on the twins was injections into the spine and spinal taps. These shots and diseases were given without anesthesia.

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Drops or injections of chemicals would be put in the eyes and caused severe pain. This experiment was conducted to fabricate blue eyes.

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Blood tests were performed on the twins. These tests included mass transfusions of blood from one twin to another.

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One of the most gruesome experiments performed upon the twins would be surgeries. Surgeries were performed without anesthetic. Some surgeries included organ removal, castration, and amputation.

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When the twin or twins died, an autopsy was the final experiment that was conducted on them.

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Twin Holocaust survivors describe arriving at Auschwitz