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Great experiments will always be remembered. I highlight an experiment that was conducted during the Nazi regime in Germany. Not only did the experiment fail, it was also linked to fraud and crimes against humanity. This failed experiment will never be forgotten.
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I thank the Präsidentenkommission of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) for giving me access to the letters of Butenandt and the Archive of the MPG for their excellent help.
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Müller-Hill, B. Genetics of susceptibility to tuberculosis: Mengele's experiments in Auschwitz. Nat Rev Genet 2, 631–634 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35084588
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