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Infamous Cases: Nazi War Crimes
 
Between 1942 and 1943 about 729 people were subjected to such experiments and 154 died. In addition, other prisoners served as a "passage group". In order to keep the pathogen alive and virulent, the researchers would inject the virus into prisoners. When these people developed the acute illness, their blood was removed and used to infect other prisoners. Picture (233x193, 21.4Kb)