Forced to work for the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, Gisella Perl risked all to save as many lives as she could. This is her incredible, heartbreaking story.Gisella Perl with a baby. Image Source: Wikipedia We have previously shared the story of Stanislawa Leszczyńska, a midwife at Auschwitz who delivered almost 3,000 babies while imprisoned in the concentration camp. But while Stanislawa delivered infants, another Jewish medical professional risked her life to save the lives of other women in Auschwitz: a gynecologist named Dr.

Despite experiencing history's longest case of hiccups which lasted from 1922 to 1990, Iowa farmer Charles Osborne managed to live a relatively normal life.Twitter/Seriously StrangeCharles Osborne had the hiccups from June 13, 1922 to June 5, 1990. Everyone has experienced hiccups at some point in their life. The involuntary diaphragm contractions can even start in the womb. But few have faced hiccups that lasted for days, months, or years. Charles Osborne, however, had the hiccups for decades.

Though the Pony Express is synonymous with the Old West today, it was only in service from April 1860 to October 1861.The Pony Express is one of the hallmarks of the Wild West, but the mail delivery service was actually only around for 18 months, from April 1860 to October 1861. Created to deliver news and correspondence from the East Coast to the West Coast, the Pony Express consisted of 400 horses, 80 riders, and nearly 200 relay stations scattered every 10 to 15 miles across the American Frontier.

Even as an adult, Schlitzie had the mental aptitude of a three- or four-year-old and could only speak in short sentences and phrases. And they turned him into a sideshow "freak."MGMSchliztie in the 1932 film Freaks. They billed him as “The Monkey Girl” and “The Last of the Aztecs” when they weren’t simply referring to him as a “pinhead” or a “freak.” Otherwise, this famous sideshow performer of the early 1900s — most famous for starring in a notorious 1932 film actually called Freaks — was known only as Schlitzie.

After their parents' relationship ended, the twins were separated and began two very contrasting lives. LA TimesOskar Stohr, left, and his brother Jack Yufe. When Jack Yufe and Oskar Stohr met in 1954, they were 21 years old. They were meeting at a train station in West Germany, though neither of them was particularly looking forward to it. At the station, Yufe noticed a man approaching him, one who was familiar to him despite never having met.