Japanese germ-warfare scientists conducted human experimentation during WWII.

Evidence

Nishi also knew about the frostbite experiments. Prisoners, warmly dressed but bare-armed, were taken outside when it was twenty below zero. A fan blew air over their arms. “This was done until their frozen arms, when struck with a short stick, emitted a sound resembling that which a board gives out when it is struck.” Then they were brought inside. “These researches were being conducted with a view to future war with the U.S.S.R.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 624

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 624
• XREF: connects to: The Detrick scientists attempted to improve upon Japanese biological warfare practices. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 635

Library Connections

• The Detrick scientists attempted to improve upon Japanese biological warfare practices. #expands (0.85) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 635