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Hypothermia Experiment Nazi doctors immerse a prisoner in ice water during hypothermia experiments at Dachau.
What if the Nazi experiments had been conducted on your mother, your brother, your child?

"I offer this challenge to the hypothermia researchers. As you page through the research, have next to it actual photos of Jews being tortured in the name of research and see how long you are able to analyze data. Better yet, think of your mother or father floating in that tank and see if your beliefs about this subject hold up."
—Rod Martel, whose grandmother died in a concentration camp [30]

This is your final chance to make a decision. If you like, you may review all 14 counterarguments before committing.

Based on what you now know, do you think doctors and scientists should be able to use data from Nazi death-camp experiments?
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Reference
30. Siegel, p. 1.


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