In The Arms Of An Angel lyrics
Twins
Auschwitz twin experiments.
Zwillinge!
In the Beginning
Josef Mengele and Nazis believed in hereditary supremacy. They believed the future depended on a single German race, and Mengele's hereditary research could save the future (1). Mengele believed twins held these secrets, and Auschwitz was the perfect place to research, due to the large amount of twins in the camps (2). On “The Ramp”, Mengele would help with the selection process (3). Here, he picked out twins, dwarfs, giants, people with different colored eyes, and others with genetic differences (4). Mengele didn't think twice about choosing someone's fate. If he was interested, he kept the prisoner. If he wasn't interested, he would send them to their death with a point of a finger. Once twins were taken from their parents, they were considered “Mengele’s children” and were treated differently (5). Twins were often allowed to keep their hair, allowed to keep their own clothes, and received a shower when they reached the camp (6). Once taken to the “twin barrack”, they got tattooed with a special sequence and were required to fill out forms about their medical history (7).
Life as a Twin
The twins were required to wake up a 6 am and received a small breakfast (8). Each morning also consisted of an inspection conducted by Mengele (9). Mengele was not very much feared, however. He usually had candy for the children and sometimes played with them, giving him the nickname “Uncle Mengele” (10). The twins had makeshift “classes”, avoided hard work (they were often messengers), and were frequently spared from punishments and selections in Auschwitz (11). Life was usually decent for the twins in Auschwitz, until the trucks came to take them for experiments.Angel of Death
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