Soap made from human corpses
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In the 20th century, there have been various alleged instances of soap being made from human body fat. During World War II it was believed that soap was being mass-produced from the bodies of the victims of Nazi concentration camps located in German-occupied Poland.
The Yad Vashem Memorial has stated that the Nazis did not produce soap from Jewish corpses on an industrial scale, saying that rumors that soap from human corpses was being mass-produced and distributed were used by the Nazis to frighten camp inmates.
Evidence does exist that German researchers had developed a process for the semi-industrial production of soap from human bodies. The production of soap from human bodies by Nazis on small scale was confirmed in 2006.
See also
- Anthropodermic bibliopegy (In some cases, skin with tattoos was preserved in Nazi concentration camps.)
- Jewish skeleton collection (Jews killed for their skeletons)
- Kadaververwertungsanstalt ("corpse utilization factories") (misreported WW1 story that became legendary)
- Lampshades made from human skin
