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28 December 1942 | Prof. Carl Clauberg began his experiments on female prisoners at Auschwitz II-Birkenau to develop a non-surgical mass sterilization method. In April 1943 Clauberg moved to Block 10 in Auschwitz I.

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Under the pretext of performing a gynecological examination, he first made sure that the Fallopian tubes were open and then introduced a specially prepared chemical irritant, which caused acute inflammation. This led to the growing together of the tubes & their obstruction.

These procedures were carried out in a brutal way. Complications were frequent, including peritonitis and hemorrhages from the reproductive tract, leading to high fever and sepsis. Multiple organ failure and death frequently followed.

While some of Carl Clauberg’s Jewish patients died in this way, others were deliberately put to death so that autopsies could be carried out.

Before the Soviet Army approached the Auschwitz camp Clauberg moved to KL Ravensbrück to continue his experiments. Soviet troops captured him there in 1945. In 1948 Clauberg was put on trial in the Soviet Union and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

In 1955, he was released (but not pardoned) by the Soviet Union, with a group of about 10,000 POWs and civilian internees. He returned to West Germany, where he was reinstated at his former clinic based on his prewar scientific output

In 1955, after public outcry from groups of survivors, Clauberg was arrested and put on trial. He died before trial on August 9, 1957.

In the virtual visit of @AuschwitzMuseum you can look inside Block 10 at Auschwitz I, where Carl Clauberg did some of his experiments: panorama.auschwitz.org/tour1,2917,en.…

A drastic example of betrayal of medical ethics is participation of German doctors in the criminal medical experiments in concentration camps. In our podcast Teresa Wontor-Cichy talks about experiments in Auschwitz.
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