But among those left were some twin children - the subject of disturbing experiments by Dr Josef Mengele. Vera Kriegel and her twin sister Olga were just five years old when they were taken from their village in Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz. read more
After the twins had been taken from their parents, they were taken to the showers. Since they were "Mengele's children," they were treated differently than other prisoners. Though they suffered through medical experiments, the twins were often allowed to keep their hair and allowed to keep their own clothes. read more
It is believed he was looking for a way to duplicate. In other words, he wanted to find a way to essentially clone "perfect aryans”. He felt making twins would do the trick. He was simply learning about twins so he could replicate them. What he did was deeply morally wrong, but not to him. read more