Lest We Forget Nazi Atrocities in Cold Research

We read with interest the recent letter to the editor, “The Use of Unethical Research in Wilderness Medicine Education.”

Hyde R. The use of unethical research in wilderness medicine education. Wilderness Environ Med. 2022;33(3):362.

This letter has raised an important issue about medical history. The letter was in response to a presentation on hypothermia at a recent wilderness medicine meeting. A data figure from the infamous Dachau experiments by the Nazis in World War II (published in the Alexander Report and then again by Molnar)

The Treatment of Shock from Prolonged Exposure To Cold, Especially in Water. Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee. 1945: 1-228

, Survival of hypothermia by men immersed in the ocean.

J Am Med Assoc. 1946; 131: 1046-1050

was presented for historical perspective and with the caveat that these experiments were “highly unethical.”

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