Robert J Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
Known as "the father of the atomic bomb" due to his role in as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project whose purpose was to develop the first nuclear weapon. Graduate from Princton, Oppenheimer became expert on atomic weaponry. Although the "Manhattan Project" (1941) was initiated by the United States government in response to Nazi Germany's experimentation with Uranium-235, the detrimental impact it caused in Japan lands this scientist on the list of the most evil.
"We knew the world would not be the same."
Oppenheimer thoughts flew while witnessing the effects of his creation in the New Mexico desert, where he finally understanding the effect of this creation. The test proved successful, and the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945; "The day the Earth shook." The blast was equivalent to 12,000 tons of dynamite which generated temperatures of up to 7200 Fahrenheit. This searing heat incarcerated thousands of people instantly, and left the city in ruins. Shortly after, Oppenheimer was revoked from his participation in the government and returned to a life on the streets.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1928-current)
Known as the "Death Doctor" since 1956, Kevorkian is a graduate of University of Michigan's Medical School in 1952 where he chose to follow a career in the medical field; particularly dealing with euthanasia. He wrote a series of articles for the German journal Medicine and Law in which he portrayed his views on a patient's right to die. Although Kevorkian's Medical License was revoked in 1991 by the State of Michigan, this did not stop the "death counselor" by any means. With no longer having the legal ability to euthanize a patient, Kevorkian developed devices that were able to carry a hundred terminal patients to their deaths. These were namely the Thanatron (death machine) and the Mercitron (mercy machine) leading to high-tech suicide of the 21st century.
The thanatron was designed so that patients were the ones to "pull the trigger." A needle was inserted into the patients arm with the IV containing a harmless saline solution. By switching the lever, a solution of sedatives began followed by a lethal injection of poison into the patient. Kevorkian admitted that this machine was easy to build, that "any high school physics student can put it together." 2 That's a nice thought isn't it?
The next device of his was known as the "mercy machine" or Mercitron. This dealt with administering toxic gas instead of the usual IV solutions to euthanize the patient. The Carbon Monoxide was stored in a canister and when a patient activated the device, gas flowed from the container and into their face mask. The inhalation causes blood cells to bind with CO instead of O, preventing the heart from delivering oxygen to the body and brain. This process leads to suffocation within the body and eventually death.
Kevorkian believed the deaths of patients benefit society. He explains that, "the voluntary self-elimination of individual and mortally diseased or crippled lives taken collectively can only enhance the preservation of public health and welfare." 3
His experimental euthanasia led to the death of nearly one hundred patients (many of whom were not necessarily terminal) but not only did he experiment with killing patients, he also took joy in the dissection of his experimentees.4 Joseph Tushkowski was euthanized on July 7th 1998 and was Kevorkian's 109th known victim. Only he was different than the rest. Kevorkian dissected Tushkowski removing his kidneys and other bodily organs, which he admitted in a conference. According to the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Kevorkian conducted further experiments on a handicapped newborn infant, a man with cerebral palsy, an incompetent 65-year old women, and a 22-year old in robust physical condition.
He was charged with second-degree murder and sentenced to a minimal of 10 years in prison but was was released in only 8 on June 1, 2007 due to "good behavior".
Sigmund Rascher (1909-1945)
Born in Munich, Rasher was a German SS Doctor and preformed high-altitude experiments on concentration camp (Dachau) victims. His experiments were conducted in an effort beneficial to the German Air Force or Luftwaffe. His mission was to observe and document the effects of high-altitude flight. Seemingly harmless.. think again. Nearly 200 were tested, 10 being volunteers, 70 Russian POW believed to be Communist, and the rest were those in concentration camps. 80 of the 200 died during the experiment and were then autopsied. Rascher examined the brains of the subjects after their skulls were spilt open (while still conscious) to better document to effects of high altitudes. 5
Rascher also took part in a chilling set of tests beginning August 1942 which entailed the submersion of victims in an ice water chamber. They were outfitted in full aircraft gear and were subjected to freezing water until their body temperature dropped to 29.5 degrees. A letter by Rascher on Feburary 17, 1943 detailed an experiment involving dry-cold experiment:
Up the the present I have carried out intense chilling experiments on thirty human beings by leaving them outside naked from nine to fourteen hours, thereby reducing they're body temperature to 27-29 degrees. After an interval which was supposed to correspond to a period of transport lasting one hour, I placed these experimental subjects in a hot bath. In all experiments to date, all subjects were successfully rewarmed within another hour despite the fact that their hands and feet were partly frozen white... No fatalities occurred as a result of extraordinarily rapid method of rewarming...
