A prisoner who has been subjected to low pressure experimentation. For the benefit of the Luftewaffe, 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 | Photograph Number: 78625
- Date
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March 1942 - August 1942
- Locale
- Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
- Photo Designation
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MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Dachau -- WARTIME -- Medical Experiments -- High Altitude
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
A prisoner who has been subjected to low pressure experimentation. For the benefit of the Luftewaffe, 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.
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