Diskusjon:Josef Mengele

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–Hvorfor gjorde Josef Mengele disse umennesklige tingene. gjorde han det under komando, for forskningens del eller for ren nytelse? — Dette usignerte innlegget ble skrevet av 80.203.174.198 (diskusjon · bidrag) (Husk å signere dine innlegg!)

Godt spørsmål, psykologien hos nazistene er et stort tema sammen med de strukturelle aspektene

From May 1943 on, Mengele was in Auschwitz as camp physician. His scientific experiments on humans were carried out on his own responsibility, in his "free time". (...) Leaving aside legitimate psychological explanations, I think it is more revealing here to see Mengele and Verschuer together. Robert J. Lifton quotes one of his source's recollection of Mengele's saying that "not to utilize the possibilities Auschwitz offered would be 'a sin, a crime' and 'totally irresponsible' toward science." (Peter Weingart: Osiris, Vol. 5, Science in Germany: The Intersection of Institutional and Intellectual Issues (1989), pp. 260-282.)

--Hilsen Erik d.y. 16. mar. 2024 kl. 19:45 (CET)

Kildene antyder klart at det særlig var faglige ambisjoner som motiverte Mengele:

Auschwitz opened up unlimited opportunities for an ambitious researcher. Research subjects were available in large numbers, and the restraints of medical ethics did not apply. Furthermore, Mengele could compel highly skilled inmate physicians to design and conduct research, perform tests and autopsies, and produce research papers, without the need to share credit with them. It is therefore not surprising that Mengele used Auschwitz as a research laboratory. (Henry Friedlander: Medicine and Medical Ethics in Nazi Germany: Origins, Practices, Legacies, 2008, pp. 59-76.)

--Hilsen Erik d.y. 16. mar. 2024 kl. 19:53 (CET)