“It exists alone in history (Weber 13). » The word unaccompanied could send shivers down the spine of anyone with the slightest knowledge of its connotation. Those lucky enough to survive lived in constant fear of the "crooked cross" carried on the arms of men whose sole purpose in life was to kill anyone they considered unworthy of life. according to their own perverse standards. Some six million Jews, as well as hundreds of thousands of Roma (gypsies), the mentally ill, the physically disabled, homosexuals, and other “racially unfit” men, women, and children were murdered in cold blood. There was no rational reason for the massacre of these people. Their killers' only motivation was that these people were different and somehow flawed. “This is the Holocaust, the systematic, state-organized persecution and murder of [millions of people]…by Nazi Germany and its collaborators (Weber 13). » The Nazis strove to create a perfect race (Campbell). Anyone who did not fit the Aryan model had to die. However, the manner in which these people were murdered may prove even more horrific. During World War II, between the fall of 1939 and the spring of 1945, Nazi doctors conducted numerous extremely dangerous medical experiments on involuntary concentration camp prisoners. More than twenty different types of medical research and more than seventy projects have been conducted in the name of medicine. “At least seven thousand were treated this way, based on existing documents and personal testimonies; there were undoubtedly others for which no documentation or personal testimony remains (Jewish Virtual Library). » Physicians have always been considered the “saviors…healers and guardians” of all humanity (www.remeber.org)... . middle of article......Science." Holocaust Studies Class Conference. Clay-Chalkville High School, Pinson, Alabama. November 12, 2008. "Holocaust Medical Experiments and Nazi Medicine ." www.remeber.org. Nov. 7, 2008. Nov. 7, 2008. “Medical Experiments.” www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Nov. 7, 2008. Jewish Virtual Library Nov. 7, 2008. “Nazi Medical Experiments.” 2008. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. November 7, 2008. Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich, Dir. Prof. John J. Michalczyk, 1977. “20th Century History: The Trial of the Doctors.” . November 20, 2008. November 20, 2008. www.dictionary.reference.com November 20, 2008. November 20.. 2008 .