We are well familiar with the atrocities perpetuated by Adolph Hitler. However, we seldom hear anything about Heinrich Himmler. His name is familiar but many, including historians, overlook the evil of this man. What you are about to read is not for the squeamish or faint of heart.
On this day in 1942, Himmler, along with three others and with the blessing of the Führer decided to begin “medical” experiments on women in the Auschwitz concentration camps. Hitler agreed provided the experimentation was kept quiet. If this program went well, they would next try it on the men.
“These experiments were to be carried out in such a way as to ensure that the prisoners were not aware of what was being done to them. (The experimentation would take the form of sterilization via massive doses of radiation or uterine injections.) It was also decided to consult with an X-ray specialist about the prospects of using X rays to castrate men and demonstrating this on male Jewish prisoners.”1
“It started after selection at the unloading ramps, when women who were not condemned to the gas chambers often had an unknown substance injected into their breasts. Many female Jewish prisoners in the camp were subsequently forced to ingest food or liquid that likewise contained an unknown substance.”2
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) … secures material compensation for Holocaust survivors around the world. Their website has some personal testimonies of those who lived through the experimentation. If you really want your eyes opened, go to the link. Let this story from someone identified only as Mrs. M give you a small sampling of what the Jewish people endured.
“I suffered immense pain and cruelty from the experiments. They were inhuman, but because of them I survived. As bad as the experiments were without them I would not be here today to write this … Now that I am emotionally a lot stronger I would like to describe a little more details about my horrible experiments which no matter how hard I am trying
I never get over it as long as I live. I was born November 23, 1930. I was about five weeks in Auschwitz alone, separated from my family, my parents, two sisters and two brothers when Dr. Mengele pulled me out of a queue as we were on the way from the c-lager [camp] to the gas chamber. I was the only one picked that day personally by Mengele and his assistant. They took me to his [laboratory], where I met other children. They were screaming from pain. Black and blue bodies covered with blood. I collapsed from horror and terror and fainted. A bucket of cold water was thrown on me to revive me. As soon as I stood up I was whipped with a leather whip which broke my flesh, then I was told the whipping was a sample of what I would receive if I did not follow instructions and orders. I was used as a guinea pig for medical experiments. I was never ever given painkillers or anesthetics. Every day I suffered excruciating pain. I was injected with drugs and chemicals. My body most of the time was connected to tubes which inserted some drugs in to my body. Many days I was tied up for hours. Some days they made cuts in to my body and left the wounds open for them to study. Most of the time there nothing to eat. Every day my body was numb with pain. There was no more skin left on my body for them to put injections or tubes … One day we woke up and the place was empty. We were left with open infected wounds and no food. We all were half dead with no energy or life left in us. [One] day … Russian soldiers tried to shake me to see if I was alone or dead. They felt a tiny beat in my heart and quickly picked me up and took me to a hospital.”3
Today, we still see and hear about an extreme hatred of the Jewish people. Though Hitler, Himler, and the rest of that regime are dead, their demonic spirit has simply transferred into others who would think nothing of reenacting the horrors of the Holocaust. Only Satan could fill a human with so much hatred and contempt for others.
The Christian ought to be the greatest friend a Jewish person could have. God’s affection for Israel is clearly stated in Deuteronomy 7:6-8. “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. (7) The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: (8) But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
Through the Jewish nation, all people of the earth are blessed, specifically because through them came the Messiah. (John 4:22; Romans 3:1-2) God’s covenant people were the custodians of the Scripture and the keepers of the temple. They were the ones God chose to use for some very special purposes and many of those purposes will soon come to a head during the Tribulation Period.
Christian, lift your voice today in support of Israel. Allow the horrors of the past to motivate us to love, care for, and protect Jewish people. Should a time come where the historical events of this day are repeated, the Jews need to know that the church will come to their rescue. Believers will shelter them and care for them at the risk of their own lives.
Jews also need to be reached with the Messiah’s Gospel. Trusting Jesus is the only way Psalms 122:6 can really be fulfilled. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”
1https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-7/himmler-decides-to-begin-medical-experiments-on-auschwitz-prisoners
2https://jewishjournal.com/culture/first_person/293834/telling-the-stories-of-experiments-at-auschwitz/
3https://www.claimscon.org/about/history/closed-programs/medical-experiments/personal-statements-from-victims/
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