The Nazi surgeon that faked surgeries in order to save lives
What do you do when you are at the cross roads of life and death?
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This Nazi is referred to as the "good man of Auschwitz," and you might find humor in his tale. Hans Münch, a doctor by training who was working close to a Jewish concentration camp in Auschwitz when he was given the task of conducting "research" on the prisoners, was a hard-core member of the Nazi Party in 1943.
And according to study, it amounted to torturing people. Hans was the only medical professional at Auschwitz who objected to these tests, nevertheless. But regrettably, there was no viable escape route because he would undoubtedly face an execution trial for disobedience.
Instead, he made the decision to quietly defy his orders. He smuggled food scraps to the captives, many of whom were women and children, at every opportunity. He made an effort to perform his experiments with the fewest harmful surgeries as possible, and he frequently gave his superiors false reports of encouraging results.
And back then, when doctors were finished testing other prisoners, they would frequently just take them away and have them executed right there.
Hans would even create fictitious studies so you could accept these ‘useless’ convicts and give them a chance at survival. Hans was put on trial alongside the other Nazi Party members once the war was officially over. But he was the only one to be set free since so many inmates testified that he had saved their lives.
May his soul see heaven
Doing good in a time of crisis is a message for us all, with the incentive not to follow orders against our human family.