Auschwitz Nazi doctor who laughed at his trial, after experimenting on kids & killing 80,000 people

Horst Schumann was born on the 1 May 1906 in Halle, then part of the German Empire. On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Schumann’s first assignment was to establish a killing center for the mentally ill and disabled at Grafeneck Castle in Württemberg. Schumann was later transferred to the Sonnenstein killing center, where, under his supervision, nearly 14,000 patients and over 1,000 concentration camp prisoners were killed in the gas chamber between June 1940 and August 1941. Before assuming his role as the head of the Sonnenstein Center, Schumann completed a several-week psychiatric training course with Professor Werner Heyde, the medical director of Operation T4, at Würzburg University Hospital. In November 1942, Schumann began his experiments in Block 30 of the women’s infirmary at Auschwitz-Birkenau. After sterilizing around 200 Jewish prisoners, he expanded his research in February 1943, when the experiment station was moved to Block 10 of the main Auschwitz camp. There, he began radiation experiments on female prisoners. The process involved exposing the reproductive organs—testicles in men and ovaries in women—to radiation. Schumann tested various radiation doses and exposure times to determine the most effective method. For many victims, these X-ray sterilization procedures caused severe burns and painful infections, particularly in the abdomen, groin, and buttocks. These injuries not only led to excruciating pain but often resulted in agonizing deaths. To confirm the effects of his experiments, Schumann ordered the surgical removal of irradiated ovaries. These procedures were carried out by prisoner doctors who reportedly performed 4,000 surgical "experiments" without anesthesia. Some young women died from complications following these brutal procedures. One of the inmates who experienced Schumann’s medical experiments was a Polish Jew named Chaim Balitzki who provided his testimony after the war during the Nuremberg Trials. Ultimately, X-ray sterilization proved ineffective for large-scale use. In April 1944, Schumann submitted a report to Himmler titled "On the Effects of X-Rays on Human Reproductive Organs," in which he concluded that traditional surgical castration was faster and more reliable. Yet, Schumann’s notes suggested: "In a factory with two tubes, approximately 150 to 200 people could be sterilized per day. With 20 factories, this would mean 3,000 to 4,000 people per day." As a result, he ended his sterilization experiments at Auschwitz that same month. Join World History channel and get access to benefits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKy_pNKZBX4KcCct8505HA/join Disclaimer: All opinions and comments below are from members of the public and do not reflect the views of World History channel. We do not accept promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes such as: race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation. World History has right to review the comments and delete them if they are deemed inappropriate. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKy_pNKZBX4KcCct8505HA/?sub_confirmation=1 #history #worldhistory #ww2