Fun Facts

• The Germans targeted populations included Romani, Sinti, ethnic Poles, Soviet POWs, disabled Germans, and most prominently of all, Jews from across Europe.

• started in the early to mid-1940s

• most experiments took place at Auschwits 

• Between October 18, 1945, and October 1, 1946, the IMT tried 22 "major" war criminals on charges of crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit such crimes.

• the experiments were considered medical torture

• the trials on the twins had no connection to military necessity 

• Josef Mengele was deemed the ´angel of death´