CPS Unit Number 140-07
Camp: 140
Unit ID: 7
Title: University of Minnesota
Operating agency: AFSC
Opened: 2 1945
Closed: 10 1946
Workers
Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 46
Summary:
CPS Unit No. 140, subunit 7, located at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, subjected COs to experiments in starvation, in an attempt to prepare for post war relief work.
Dr. Ancel Keys served as director of this OSG project on starvation which ran from January 31 through June 26, 1946. The project was designed for up to sixty-five men to serve as volunteers in Minneapolis.
Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Resources:
The Guinea Gazette which began in CPS Unit No. 115 subunits 17/18 continued to publish during this study.