A prisoner who has been subjected to low pressure experimentation. For the benefit of the Luftwaffe, air pressures were created comparable to those found at 15,000 meters in altitude, in an effort to determine how high German pilots could fly and survive.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 78626

Overview

Caption: A prisoner who has been subjected to low pressure experimentation. For the benefit of the Luftwaffe, air pressures were created comparable to those found at 15,000 meters in altitude, in an effort to determine how high German pilots could fly and survive.
Date: March 1942 - August 1942
Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 238.5.3-Brandt Case, Pros. Ex. 610

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS (HIGH ALTITUDE) MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS/VICTIMS PRISONERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- WARTIME -- Medical Experiments -- High Altitude