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Ethics or Life?Presented By: Nicole Volk

WWII

1939-1945

Nazi Germany occupied Poland

Ethical decisions

Wilhelm Brasse

Rudolf Weigl

Wilhelm Brasse

Born: Warsaw, Poland

Sent to Auschwitz 1939 (22yrs old)

Attempted to flee Germany

Arrested-summoned to SS German’s control

Brasse’s Orders

Photography background

Photograph those imprisoned (identity)

Mengele (SS officer): photograph “medical experiments”

Children, twins, dwarfs, noma

Greater realism greater rewards

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

Reaping the Benefits

Saved Brasse’s Life

Nutritional meals

Proper hygiene (so he would not offend the officers/doctors)

Discussion

What would you have done?

Rudolf Weigl

Born: September 2, 1883 in Přerov (Czech Republic)

After High School moved to Lewow

College studies: Anatomy, Biology, and Zoology

Weigl’s Orders

Force to leave Lewow

Create vaccine: Typhus Fever

Lice hybrid

Weigl Strain

“Feeders”

PigsHumans

Rickesia Prowazekii Bacterial

After WWII

Weigl killed hundreds. Vaccine saved thousands

Brasse’s photos destroyed

Weigl fame

Lives spared

Weigl died August 11, 1957 (74 yrs)

Brasse died October 23, 2012 (94 yrs)

Discussion

What would you have done?

Any Questions?

Thank you!