There are many ways in which the Nazis tortured Jews during the Holocaust. They harmed them both mentally and physically, but the most horrific type of torture was physical abuse. The Nazis tortured, killed, and experimented on Jews in an inhumane manner. The experiments conducted by the doctors were very horrendous and shocking. They had three categories for experiments: military, biomedical, and racial/ideological. While all types of experimentation were terrible, the biomedical category was the scariest. In biomedical experiments, doctors conducted some cruel studies on prisoners that included injecting diseases, inflicting wounds, and killing them to observe the body's functions. They were conducted to test immunizations and medicines for the prevention or treatment of contagious and epidemic diseases (medical experiments). Biomedical experiments were carried out in concentration camps throughout Germany, including Sachsenhausen, Dachau, Natzweiler, Buchenwald and Neuengamme. “Scientists have tested compounds and immune sera for the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases, including malaria, typhoid, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, yellow fever, and infectious hepatitis” (Nazi Medical Experiments). Prisoners were chosen based on their state of health. If they were strong and in good physical shape they were chosen to participate in the experiments, while if they were sick they were left alone or killed. Doctors and scientists were given the opportunity to conduct these experiments with the full support of the government. Hitler even sent them the order to “intensify medical research into the effects of chemical warfare” (Medical Experiments). There were... middle of paper... murders. Although many died in these experiments, very few survived to tell the tale of what happened to them during these horrific experiments. Works Cited Annas, George J. and Michael A. Grodin, eds. Nazi doctors and the Nuremberg Code: human rights in human experimentation. Np: Oxford University Press, 1992. Print."Medical Experiments." Learning about the Holocaust: A student's guide. Ed. Ronald M. Smelser. vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 52-61. Storm power research. Network. April 21, 2014. "Nazi medical experiments." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 10, 2013. Web. April 22, 2014. Spitz, Vivien. Doctors from hell. Np: Sentient Publications, 2005. Print.Woolf, Linda. "Medical Experimentation: World War II." World at war: understanding conflict and society. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 21 April. 2014.