WW2 History Tour - Human Dip

The more PC term was bitumen baths. So called due to the tar seal on each tub. The real thing was that it was merely a toxic chemical dip that every person had to submerge for 30 seconds every day.

After a dip the person was to walk up the sluice. Since this was top secret, nobody knows what the chemicals used in the dip were. It was meant to prevent parasites such as ticks and lice. One likely chemical was possibly DDT.Read more