Appendix
Table of Comparative Ranks
U. S. German U. S. Navy German Med. SS SA Army Army Navy Svcs.(A)
2d Leutnant Ensign Leutnant Assistenza Untersturm Sturmfuehr Lieuten zur See rzt fuehrer er. ant
1st Oberleutn Lieutenant Oberleutna Oberarzt Obersturmf Obersturmf Lieuten ant (junior nt zur uehrer uehrer. ant grade) See
Captain Hauptmann Lieutenant Kapitaenle Stabsarzt Hauptsturm Hauptsturm (senior utnant fuehrer fuehrer. grade)
Major Major Lieutenant Korvettenk Oberstabsa Sturmbannf Sturmbannf Commande apitaen rzt uehrer uehrer. r
Lieutenan Oberstleu Commander Fregattenk Oberfeldar Obersturmb Obersturmb t tnant apitaen zt annfuehrer annfuehrer Colonel .
Colonel Oberst Captain Kapitaen Oberstarzt Standarten Standarten zur See fuehrer fuehrer Oberfuehre Oberfuehre r (B) r (C).
Brigadier Generalma Commodore Konteradmi Generalarz Brigadefue Brigadefue General jor ral t hrer hrer.
Major Generalle Rear Vizeadmira Generalsta Gruppenfue Gruppenfue General utnant Admiral l bsarzt hrer hrer.
Lieutenan General Vice Admiral Generalobe Obergruppe Obergruppe t der Admiral rstabsarzt nfuehrer nfuehrer. General Infante rie, der Artille rie, etc.
General Generalob Admiral Generaladm Oberstgrup erst iral penfuehrer .
General Generalfe Admiral of Grossadmir Reichsfueh Stabschef. of the ldmarscha the al rer Army ll Fleet
(A) Ranks for the Medical Service of the German Army and the German Air Force are identical. Ranks for the Medical Service of the German Navy differ somewhat but are for the most part immaterial here. Dr. Fikentacher held the rank of Admiraloberstabsarzt which is equivalent to that of Generaloberstabsarzt.
(B) Equivalent to a senior Colonel.
(C) Same as B above.
List of Witnesses in Case I
[Note.—All witnesses in this case appeared before the Tribunal. Prosecution witnesses are designated by the letter “P”, defense witnesses by the letter “D”, and the Tribunal witness by the letter “T”. The names not preceded by any designation represent defendants testifying in their own behalf. Extracts from testimony in this case are listed in the index of documents and testimony.]
│ │ │ │ │ │ Pages │ Name │ Dates of testimony │ (mimeographed │ │ │ transcript) │ │ │ P│ALEXANDER, Dr. Leo │20 Dec 46 │805-814; 832-838; │ │ │848-855; 864-869 │ │ │ D│AUGUSTINICK, Dr. │27, 28 Feb 47 │3701-3737 │ Herbert │ │ │ │ │ │BECKER-FREYSENG, │19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27,│7774-8243; 8255-8292 │ Hermann │28, 29 May 46 │ │ │ │ │BEIGLBOECK, Wilhelm │6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 │8666-9028; 9326-9328 │ │Jun 46 │ │ │ │ D│BLOCK, Maria Lotte │16, 17 Apr 47 │6002-6031 │ │ │ │BLOME, Kurt │13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20,│4450-4811 │ │21 Mar 47 │ │ │ │ D│BORKENAU, Franz │14, 15 Apr 47 │5890-5908 │ │ │ │BRACK, Viktor Hermann │12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 │7413-7772 │ │May 47 │ │ │ │ │BRANDT, Karl │3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Feb 47 │2301-2661 │ │ │ │BRANDT, Rudolf │24, 25, 26 Mar 47 │4869-4994 │ │ │ P│BROEL-PLATER, Maria │19, 20 Dec 46 │785-804 │ │ │ P│BROERS, Constantyn │30 Jun 47 │10386-10406 │ Johan │ │ │ │ │ D│CHRISTENSEN, Heinz │24 Feb 47 │3430-3454 │ │ │ D│DORN, Paul Friedrich │5, 6 Jun 47 │8574-8665 │ │ │ P│DZIDO, Jadwiga │20 Dec 46 │838-848 │ │ │ P│EYER, Olga │15 Jan 47 │1755-1779 │ │ │ │FISCHER, Fritz │10, 11, 12 Mar 47 │4266-4384 │ │ │ │GEBHARDT, Karl │4, 5, 6, 7, 10 Mar 47 │3931-4256 │ │ │ │GENZKEN, Karl │28 Feb; 3 Mar 47 │3773-3891 │ │ │ P│GRANDJEAN, Henri-Jean │6 Jan 47 │1099-1105; 1119-1120 D│GUTZEIT, Kurt │7, 10 Feb 47 │2692-2764 │ │ │ D│HAAGEN, Eugen │17, 18, 19, 20 Jun 47 │9408-9712 │ │ │ P│HALL, Ferdinand │3 Jan 47 │1048-1073 │ │ │ │HANDLOSER, Siegfried │11, 12, 13, 18 Feb 47 │2815-3104 │ │ │ D│HARTLENBEN, Hans │19 Feb 47 │3189-3231 │ │ │ D│HEDERICH, Karl Heinz │8, 9 May 47 │7262-7291 │ │ │ P│HENRI PIERRE, Henri │18 Dec 46 │708-722 │ │ │ D│HIELSCHER, Friedrich │15, 16 Apr 47 │5926-5994 │ │ │ P│HIRTZ, Georg │8 Jan 47 │1291-1300 │ │ │ P│HOELLENRAINER, Karl │27 Jun 47; 1 Jul 47 │10229-10234; 10508-10544 │ │ │ D│HOERING, Felix │17 Apr 47 │6031-6078 │ │ │ D│HORN, Videslaw │31 Mar, 1 Apr 47 │5245-5333 │ │ │ │HOVEN, Waldemar │21, 23, 24 Jun 47 │9761-10004 │ │ │ P│IVY, Dr. Andrew Conway │12, 13, 14, 16 Jun 47 │9029-9324 │ │ │ D│JAEGER, Rolf │28 May 47 │8244-8255 │ │ │ D│JENTSCH, Werner │26 Feb 47 │3582-3602 │ │ │ D│JUNG, Friedrich │26 Jun 47 │10148-10154 │ │ │ D│KARLSTETTER, Maria │25 Feb 47 │3455-3461 │ │ │ P│KAROLEWSKA, Vladislava │20 Dec 46 │815-832 │ │ │ P│KIRCHHEIMER, Fritz │8, 9 Jan 47 │1321-1348 │ │ │ D│KOCH, Ernst │26 Jun 47 │10120-10144 │ │ │ P│KOGON, Dr. Eugen │6, 7, 8 Jan 47 │1150-1290 │ │ │ D│KOSMEHL, Dr. Herbert │12 Mar 47 │4387-4446 │ │ │ P│KUSMIERCZUK, Maria │20 Dec 46 │856-864 │ │ │ D│LAMMERS, Hans Heinrich │7 Feb 47 │2661-2692 P│LAUBINGER, Josef │27 Jun 47 │10198-10229 │ │ │ P│LEIBBRANDT, Werner │27 Jan 47 │1961-2028 │ │ │ P│LEVY, Robert │17 Dec 46 │550-561 │ │ │ P│LUTZ, Wolfgang │12 Dec 46 │266-308 │ │ │ P│MACZKA, Sofia │10 Jan 47 │1430-1462 │ │ │ D│MAY, Eduard │14 Apr 47 │5869-5889 │ │ │ D│MEINE, August │21, 24 Mar 47 │4831-4867 │ │ │ D│METTBACH, Ernst │21 Jun 47 │9714-9757 │ │ │ P│MENNECKE, Fritz │16, 17 Jan 47 │1866-1946 │ │ │ P│MICHALOWSKI, Father Leo│21 Dec 46 │871-886 │ │ │ │MRUGOWSKY, Joachim │26, 27, 28, 31 Mar 47; │5000-5244; 5334-5464 │ │1, 2, 3 Apr 47 │ │ │ │ P│NALES, Gerrid Hendrick │30 Jun 47 │10409-10471 │ │ │ T│NEFF, Walter │17, 18 Dec 46 │595-695 │ │ │ │OBERHEUSER, Herta │3, 8 Apr 47 │5478-5528 │ │ │ D│PFANNMUELLER, Hermann │9, 12 May 47 │7291-7412 │ │ │ D│PIECK, Henry │20 Mar 47 │4722-4755 │ │ │ │POKORNY, Adolf │25, 26 Jun 47 │10007-10109 │ │ │ │POPPENDICK, Helmut │8, 9 Apr 47 │5530-5651 │ │ │ P│ROEMHILD, Ferdinand │14 Jan 47 │1627-1664 │ │ │ │ROMBERG, Hans Wolfgang │1, 2, 5, 6 May 47 │6764-7032A │ │ │ │ROSE, Gerhard │18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 │6081-6484 │ │Apr 47 │ │ │ │ │ROSTOCK, Paul │20, 21, 24 Feb 47 │3258-3430 │ │ │ │RUFF, Siegfried │25, 28, 29, 30 Apr 47 │6490-6739 │ │ │ │SIEVERS, Wolfram │9, 10, 11, 14 Apr 47 │5656-5869 │SCHAEFER, Konrad │2, 4 Jun 47 │8349-8399; 8494-8571 │ │ │ D│SCHMIDT, Bernhard │19 Feb 47 │3144-3188 │ │ │ P│SCHMIDT, Edith │9 Jan 47 │1364-1383 │ │ │ P│SCHMIDT, Walter Eugen │16 Jan 47 │1816-1863 │ │ │ │SCHROEDER, Oskar │25, 26, 27 Feb 47 │3469-3582; 3602-3700 │ │ │ P│STOEHR, Heinrich │17 Dec 46 │574-594 │ Wilhelm │ │ │ │ │ D│TOPF, Erwin │15 Apr 47 │5908-5924 │ │ │ D│TRUX, Rudolf │26 Jun 47 │10110-10120 │ │ │ P│TSCHOFENIG, Joseph │17 Jun 47 │9329-9363 │ │ │ P│VIEWEG, August Heinrich│13, 16 Dec 46 │418-468 │ │ │ D│VOLLHARDT, Franz │3 Jun 47 │8400-8490 │ │ │ P│VORLICEK, Joseph │17 Jun 47 │9383-9407 │ │ │ │WELTZ, Georg August │6, 7, 8 May 47 │7035-7254 │ │ │ D│WITT, Fritz │28 Feb 47 │3740-3753 │ │ │ D│WUERFLER, Paul │18, 19 Feb 47 │3104-3144
INDEX OF DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY
Document No. Exhibit No. Description Vol-Page
NO-005 Pros. Ex. 279 Letter from Grawitz to I-344 Himmler, 22 November 1944, requesting prisoners for experiments.
NO-011 Pros. Ex. 188 Note from Himmler to Grawitz, I-504 16 June 1943, concerning epidemic jaundice experiments at concentration camp Sachsenhausen.
NO-018 Pros. Ex. 404 Letter from Himmler to Brack, I-856 19 December 1940, requesting that euthanasia station Grafeneck be discontinued and that motion pictures be shown to dispel rumors.
NO-035 Pros. Ex. 142 Letter from Pokorny to I-713 Himmler, October 1941, concerning a sterilization drug to be used against Germany’s enemies.
NO-036 Pros. Ex. 143 Letter from Himmler, 10 March I-714 1942, to Pohl (initialed by Rudolf Brandt) concerning a sterilization drug and suggesting further research on criminals.
NO-038 Pros. Ex. 147 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-715 Pohl, June 1942, transmitting an inquiry by Himmler as to the progress made with experiments for medical sterilization.
NO-039 Pros. Ex. 153 Letter from Gund to Himmler, I-717 24 August 1942, concerning research in medical sterilization and development of sterilization drugs.
NO-046a Pros. Ex. 148 Letter from Pohl to Himmler, I-716 3 June 1942, concerning the development of a sterilization drug by the firm of Dr. Madaus and Co.
NO-046b Pros. Ex. 149 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-717 Pohl, 11 June 1942, asking him on behalf of Himmler to set up a large hothouse for the development of a sterilization drug. NO-080 Pros. Ex. 5 Fuehrer Decree, 28 July 1942, I-81 concerning the Medical and Health Services.
NO-081 Pros. Ex. 6 Second Fuehrer Decree, 5 I-83 September 1943, concerning the Medical and Health Services, 1943.
NO-082 Pros. Ex. 7 Fuehrer Decree, 25 August I-83 1944, concerning the appointment of a Reich Commissioner for Medical and Health Services, 1944.
NO-085 Pros. Ex. 175 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-784 Brandt, 9 February 1942, and report by Hirt concerning the acquisition of skulls of Jewish-Bolshevik Commissars.
NO-086 Pros. Ex. 177 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-750 Brandt, 2 November 1942, requesting with Himmler’s approval, 150 skeletons.
NO-087 Pros. Ex. 181 Letter from Sievers to I-751 Eichmann, (copy to Rudolf Brandt), 21 June 1943, concerning selection of subjects for a skeleton collection.
NO-098 Pros. Ex. 263 Memorandum from Sievers to I-337 Rudolf Brandt, 3 November 1942, concerning research in the Natzweiler concentration camp.
NO-099 Pros. Ex. 268 Report by Hirt and Wimmer on I-341 the proposed treatment of poisoning caused by Lost gas.
NO-121 Pros. Ex. 293 Letter from Haagen to Hirt, I-578 15 November 1943, concerning prisoners to be used as experimental subjects for tests with typhus vaccine.
NO-122 Pros. Ex. 298 Letter dictated by Rose, I-579 addressed to Haagen, 13 December 1943, concerning experimental subjects for vaccine experiments. NO-123 Pros. Ex. 303 Letter from Haagen to Hirt, 9 I-580 March 1944, concerning experiments conducted with typhus vaccine and requesting experimental subjects.
NO-125 Pros. Ex. 194 Letter from Haagen to I-506 Gutzeit, 27 June 1944, concerning epidemic jaundice experiments on human beings.
NO-139 Pros. Ex. 317 Letter from Dr. Grunske to I-581 Haagen, 7 March 1944, concerning reports on yellow fever virus experiments requested by a Japanese medical officer.
NO-158 Pros. Ex. 410 Letter from Hirche, I-858 administrator of the Mental Institution Bernburg, to camp commandant of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, 19 March 1942, with list of inmates transferred from the concentration camp to Bernburg.
NO-177 Pros. Ex. 133 Minutes of conference at the I-448 Reich Ministry of Aviation, 20 May 1944, concerning methods for making sea water potable.
NO-182 Pros. Ex. 137 Letter from Sievers to I-454 Grawitz, 24 July 1944, concerning experiments of the potability of sea water.
NO-183 Pros. Ex. 136 Teletype from Rudolf Brandt I-453 to Grawitz, undated, concerning experimental subjects.
NO-184 Pros. Ex. 132 Letter from the Technical I-447 Office of the Reich Minister of Aviation (Goering) to Himmler’s office, 15 May 1944, concerning methods to render sea water potable.
NO-185 Pros. Ex. 134 Letter from Schroeder to I-452 Himmler and Grawitz, 7 June 1944, requesting subjects for sea-water experiments. NO-193 Pros. Ex. 264 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-340 Brandt, 22 April 1943, regarding prevention of Dr. Wimmer’s transfer to active duty with the air force.
NO-201 Pros. Ex. 290 Report from Mrugowsky to the I-635 Criminological Institute, 12 September 1944, concerning experiments with aconitine nitrate projectiles.
NO-203 Pros. Ex. 161 Covering letter from Brack to I-719 Himmler, 28 March 1941, with report on experiments concerning sterilization and castration by X-rays.
NO-205 Pros. Ex. 163 Letter from Brack to Himmler, I-721 23 June 1942, proposing sterilization of two to three million Jews.
NO-206 Pros. Ex. 164 Letter from Himmler I-722 (counter-signed by Rudolf Brandt), 11 August 1942, addressed to Brack, concerning Himmler’s interest in sterilization experiments.
NO-208 Pros. Ex. 166 Letter from Blankenburg to I-723 Himmler, 29 April 1944, regarding employment of Dr. Horst Schumann on experiments concerning the influence of X-rays on human genital glands in connection with similar experiments conducted at concentration camp Auschwitz.
NO-211 Pros. Ex. 169 Letter from Professor I-724 Clauberg to Himmler, 30 May 1942 (referring to a letter from Rudolf Brandt), concerning the urgency of research into biological propagation and sterilization without operation, and draft of a “Research Institute for Biological Propagation”.
NO-212 Pros. Ex. 173 Letter from Professor I-730 Clauberg to Himmler, 7 June 1943, reporting on research in connection with the sterilization of women. NO-213 Pros. Ex. 171 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-729 Clauberg, 10 July 1942, transmitting instructions of Himmler to perform sterilizations on Jewesses at concentration camp Ravensbrueck.
NO-216 Pros. Ex. 170 Memorandum of Rudolf Brandt, I-728 July 1942, on a discussion between Himmler, Gebhardt, Gluecks, and Clauberg concerning sterilization experiments conducted on Jewesses.
NO-218 Pros. Ex. 56 Letter from Rascher to I-150 Himmler, 16 April 1942, reporting on high-altitude experiments with fatal results and on experiments conducted together with Romberg.
NO-220 Pros. Ex. 61 Letter from Rascher to I-152 Himmler, 11 May 1942, and secret report concerning high-altitude experiments.
NO-224 Pros. Ex. 76 Note by Romberg on showing of I-174 film in office of State Secretary Milch, and proposed report to Milch, 11 September 1942.
NO-227 Pros. Ex. 11 Fuehrer Decree of 7 August I-84 1944 concerning the reorganization of the Medical Services of the Wehrmacht.
NO-228 Pros. Ex. 206 Affidavit of defendant I-371 Fischer, 19 November 1946, concerning sulfanilamide experiments conducted in the concentration camp Ravensbrueck.
NO-231 Pros. Ex. 116 Letter from Rascher to I-255 Sievers, 17 May 1943, concerning a conference with Gebhardt on freezing experiments.
NO-234 Pros. Ex. 83 Letter from Rascher to I-219 Himmler, 10 September 1942, transmitting intermediate report on freezing experiments (1618-PS).
NO-244 Pros. Ex. 201 Letter from Himmler (signed I-770 by Rudolf Brandt) to Greiser, 27 June 1942, concerning the extermination of tubercular Poles. NO-246 Pros. Ex. 196 Letter from Greiser to I-776 Himmler 1 May 1942, concerning the plan for mass extermination of tubercular Poles.
NO-247 Pros. Ex. 197 Letter from Koppe to Rudolf I-769 Brandt, 3 May 1942, concerning the killing of tubercular Poles.
NO-250 Pros. Ex. 203 Letter from Blome to Greiser, I-771 18 November 1942, concerning the mass extermination of tubercular Poles.
NO-257 Pros. Ex. 283 Extract from the affidavit of I-572 Dr. Erwin Schuler, 20 July 1945, concerning typhus experiments.
NO-257 Pros. Ex. 283 Extract from a sworn I-686 statement by Dr. Erwin Schuler (Ding), 20 July 1945, concerning euthanasia with phenol injection.
NO-264 Pros. Ex. 60 File note for SS I-151 Obersturmfuehrer Schnitzler, 28 April 1942.
NO-265 Pros. Ex. 287 Diary of the Division for I-557 Typhus and Virus Research at the Institute of Hygiene of the Waffen SS (Ding diary) 1941 to 1945.
NO-268 Pros. Ex. 106 Letter from Hippke to I-252 Himmler, 19 February 1943, on freezing experiments in Dachau.
NO-285 Pros. Ex. 86 Letter from Rascher to Rudolf I-221 Brandt, 3 October 1942, stating that Sievers would obtain four gypsy women for rewarming through body warmth.
NO-286 Pros. Ex. 88 Letter from Goering’s office I-223 to Himmler, 8 October 1942, with attached invitation to the conference on “Medical Problems Arising from Hardships of Sea and Winter.”
NO-289 Pros. Ex. 72 Letter from Hippke to I-173 Himmler, 8 October 1942, thanking the latter for his assistance in high-altitude experiments in Dachau. NO-292 Pros. Ex. 111 Letter from Rascher to Rudolf I-253 Brandt, 4 April 1943, reporting on dry-freezing experiments in Dachau.
NO-299 Pros. Ex. 190 Letter from Haagen to I-505 Schreiber, 12 June 1944, concerning epidemic jaundice experiments.
NO-303 Pros. Ex. 32 Table of organization of the I-88 “Ahnenerbe” from the files of the Ahnenerbe Society.
NO-320 Pros. Ex. 103 Letter from Sievers to I-246 Brandt, 28 January 1943, and Rascher’s report on his discussions with Grawitz and Poppendick.
NO-322 Pros. Ex. 114 Letter from Rascher to I-254 Keindl, 28 April 1943, about previous freezing experiments conducted at Sachsenhausen.
NO-323 Pros. Ex. 94 Memorandum of Rascher on I-245 women used for rewarming in freezing experiments, 5 November 1942.
NO-365 Pros. Ex. 507 Unsigned draft letter from I-870 Dr. Wetzel to Rosenberg, 25 October 1941, dealing with Brack’s collaboration in the construction of gas chambers for the extermination of Jews.
NO-371 Pros. Ex. 186 Affidavit of defendant Rudolf I-503 Brandt, 14 October 1946, concerning experiments to determine the cause of epidemic jaundice.
NO-402 Pros. Ex. 66 Letter, 29 September 1942, I-155 and report, 28 July 1942, from Romberg and Ruff to Himmler concerning experiments on rescue from high altitudes.
NO-409 Pros. Ex. 249 Report from Grawitz to I-657 Himmler, 29 August 1942, concerning experiments with biochemical remedies conducted at the Dachau and Auschwitz concentration camps. NO-422 Pros. Ex. 33 Letter from Himmler to I-89 Sievers, 7 July 1942, concerning the establishment of an “Institute for Military Scientific Research” within the Ahnenerbe Society.
NO-426 Pros. Ex. 160 Extract from the affidavit of I-842 defendant Brack, 14 October 1946, describing administrative details and procedure of the Euthanasia Program.
NO-428 Pros. Ex. 91 Report of 10 October 1942, on I-226 cooling experiments on human beings.
NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extract from the affidavit of I-555 defendant Hoven, 24 October 1946, concerning typhus and virus experiments.
NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extracts from the affidavit I-685 of Waldemar Hoven, 24 October 1946, concerning the killing of inmates by phenol and other means.
NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extract from the affidavit of I-847 defendant Hoven, 24 October 1946, concerning the transfer of concentration camp inmates to euthanasia stations for extermination.
NO-432 Pros. Ex. 119 Letter from Rascher to Neff, I-258 21 October 1943, concerning dry-freezing experiments.
NO-438 Pros. Ex. 240 Report from the Institute for I-678 Military Scientific Research, (Department Dr. Rascher) on “Polygal 10”.
NO-441 Pros. Ex. 205 Affidavit of defendant Rudolf I-775 Brandt, 24 October 1946, concerning the plan to exterminate tubercular Polish Nationals.
NO-472 Pros. Ex. 234 Affidavit of the defendant I-376 Fischer, 21 October 1946, supplementing his affidavit concerning sulfanilamide experiments. NO-520 Pros. Ex. 374 Letter from the chief of the I-854 Institution for feeble-minded in Stetten to Dr. Frank, 6 September 1940, requesting that euthanasia be carried out only after legal basis was created.
NO-571 Pros. Ex. 285 1943 Work Report for I-573 Department for Typhus and Virus Research.
NO-579 Pros. Ex. 288 Extract from a report on the I-644 Findings of 2 January 1944, on a skin ointment—R 17—for phosphorus burns.
NO-610 Pros. Ex. 41 Inmates of the Dachau I-898-900 concentration camp in different stages of simulated altitude in the low-pressure chamber; postmortem dissections of high altitude experimental subjects showing air bubbles in blood vessels in subarachnoid space of brain and under pleura of anterior chest wall. (See selections from photographic evidence of the prosecution.)
NO-645 Pros. Ex. 3 Table of organization of the I-91 Reich Commissioner for Health and Medical Services, drawn by the defendant Karl Brandt.
NO-656 Pros. Ex. 247 Memorandum by SS I-680 Obersturmbannfuerer Wolff, 8 May 1944; letters from Dr. Kahr to Rascher, 10 and 16 December 1943.
NO-660 Pros. Ex. 377 Note by Sellmer, 6 December I-855 1940, describing the method of selection for euthanasia.
NO-690 Pros. Ex. 120 List of research projects I-259 from the files of the Reich Research Council.
NO-794 Pros. Ex. 259 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-336 Brandt, 27 June 1942, concerning mustard gas and its effect on human beings.
NO-807 Pros. Ex. 185 Tank containing formaldehyde I-905-908 for the preservation of corpses; corpses assembled in tanks prior to dissection; corpse showing incisions in preparation for dissection. (See selections from photographic evidence of the prosecution.) NO-842 Pros. Ex. 405 Letter from Brack to Dr. I-857 Schlegelberger, 18 April 1941, forwarding forms for euthanasia and suggesting that death notifications should not follow a stereotyped form.
NO-856 Pros. Ex. 125 Extracts from the review of I-289 the proceedings of the general military court in the case of the United States vs. Weiss, Ruppert, et al., held at Dachau, Germany.
NO-861 Pros. Ex. 232 Affidavit of Sofia Maczka, 16 I-402 April 1946, concerning experimental operations on inmates of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
NO-875 Pros. Ex. 230 Affidavit of Mrs. Zdenka I-400 Nedvedova-Nejedla, M.D., of Prague, concerning experimental operations conducted on fellow inmates in Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
NO-891 Pros. Ex. 414 Directive of the Reich I-863 Minister of the Interior, 6 September 1944, ordering euthanasia extended to insane Eastern workers.
NO-894 Pros. Ex. 38 Fuehrer Decree, 9 June 1942, I-90 concerning the Reich Research Council.
NO-907 Pros. Ex. 412 Extract from letter from Dr. I-861 Fritz Mennecke to his wife, 25 November 1941, concerning his activities as physician selecting inmates of concentration camp Buchenwald for euthanasia.
NO-978 Pros. Ex. 480 Letter from Sievers to I-349 Gluecks, 11 September 1942, concerning military scientific research work to be conducted at Natzweiler concentration camp. NO-1007 Pros. Ex. 413 Circular from Gluecks to I-862 concentration camp commandants, 27 April 1943, stating that in the future only insane prisoners should be used for Action “14 f 13” (euthanasia).
NO-1080 A, E, F Pros. Ex. 219 Exposures of the witness I-901-902 A, E, F Maria Kusmierczuk who underwent sulfanilamide and bone experiments while an inmate of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp. (See selections from photographic evidence of the prosecution.)
NO-1082 A, C Pros. Ex. 214 Exposures of the witness I-903 A, C Jadwiga Dzido who underwent sulfanilamide and bone experiments while an inmate of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp. (See selections from photographic evidence of the prosecution.)
NO-1135 Pros. Ex. 334 Confirmation, 30 August 1940, I-848 of the transfer of mental patients with list of transferred patients attached.
NO-1424 Pros. Ex. 462 Affidavit of Fritz Friedrich I-676 Karl Rascher, M.D., 31 December 1946, concerning the life and activities of Dr. Sigmund Rascher.
NO-1852 Pros. Ex. 456 Extract from report on I-345 medical experiments addressed to Karl Brandt.
NO-2734 Pros. Ex. 473 Extracts of letter from I-660 Grawitz to Himmler, 7 September 1942, and report on gas gangrene experiments.
NO-3963 Pros. Ex. 528 Extracts from affidavit of I-710 Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Tauboeck, 18 June 1947, concerning the development of, and experiments with sterilization drugs.
343-A-PS Pros. Ex. 62 Letter from Milch to Wolff, I-172 20 May 1942, regarding continuation of experiments. 343-B-PS Pros. Ex. 70 Letter from Milch to Himmler, I-172 31 August 1942, acknowledging receipt of reports by Rascher and Romberg on high-altitude experiments.
615-PS Pros. Ex. 246 Letter from Dr. Hilfrich, I-845 Bishop of Limburg, to the Reich Minister of Justice, 13 August 1941, protesting against the killing of mentally ill people.
630-PS Pros. Ex. 330 Letter from Hitler to Karl I-848 Brandt and Bouhler, 1 September 1939, charging them with the execution of euthanasia.
1553-PS Pros. Ex. 428 Extract from the field I-865 interrogation of Kurt Gerstein, 26 April 1945, describing the mass gassing of Jews and other “undesirables”.
1580-PS Pros. Ex. 107 Letter from Himmler to I-253 Rascher, 26 February 1943, on freezing experiments in the concentration camps Auschwitz and Lublin.
1581-A-PS Pros. Ex. 48 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-144 Sievers, 21 March 1942, concerning Rascher’s participation in high-altitude experiments.
1582-PS Pros. Ex. 45 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-143 Rascher, undated, informing him that prisoners would be made available for high-altitude research.
1602-PS Pros. Ex. 44 Letter from Rascher to I-141 Himmler, 15 May 1941, concerning high-altitude experiments on human beings.
1609-PS Pros. Ex. 92 Letter from Himmler to I-244 Rascher, 24 October 1942, and note by Rudolf Brandt.
1611-PS Pros. Ex. 85 Letter from Himmler to I-221 Rascher and Sievers, 22 September 1942, ordering rewarming in freezing experiments through physical warmth. 1612-PS Pros. Ex. 79 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-176 Rascher, 13 December 1942, and Himmler’s order assigning Rascher to high-altitude experiments.
1613-PS Pros. Ex. 90 Letter from Rascher to I-225 Himmler, 16 October 1942, transmitting report on cooling experiments on human beings (NO-428).
1616-PS Pros. Ex. 105 Letter from Rascher to I-249 Himmler, 17 February 1943, and summary of experiments for rewarming of chilled human beings by animal warmth, 12 February 1943.
1618-PS Pros. Ex. 84 Intermediate report, 10 I-220 September 1942, on intense chilling experiments in the Dachau concentration camp.
1619-PS Pros. Ex. 87 Teletype from commandant of I-223 Dachau concentration camp to Rudolf Brandt, 7 October 1942, stating that four women would be available from Ravensbrueck concentration camp for Rascher’s experiments.
1696-PS Pros. Ex. 357 Letter from Dr. Conti to the I-849 Mental Hospital in Kaufbeuren, 16 November 1939, requesting that questionnaires (attached) be filled out for individual patients; letter from the General Sick Transport Company to the Mental Hospital in Kaufbeuren, 12 May 1941, stating that the company would remove mental patients; report from the Provincial Association for Social Welfare in Swabia, 6 May 1941, that all transferred patients had died; letter from Gaum, 24 November 1942, to Dr. Leinisch stating that epileptics would be made available for research.
1971-A-PS Pros. Ex. 49 Letter from Rascher to I-144 Himmler, 5 April 1942, and report, undated, on high-altitude experiments. 1971-B-PS Pros. Ex. 51 Letter from Himmler to I-148 Rascher, 13 April 1942, requesting a repetition of high-altitude experiments on prisoners condemned to death.
1971-C-PS Pros. Ex. 50 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-147 Rascher, 13 April 1942, regarding his success with high-altitude experiments.
1971-D-PS Pros. Ex. 52 Teletype from Rascher to I-149 Rudolf Brandt, 20 October 1942, requesting clarification on the pardon granted by Himmler.
1971-E-PS Pros. Ex. 53 Teletype from Rudolf Brandt I-149 to Schnitzler, 21 October 1942, concerning the pardon granted by Himmler.
3896-PS Pros. Ex. 372 Extract from the affidavit of I-853 Dr. Ludwig Sprauer, 23 April 1946, concerning the organization of the Euthanasia Program.
Becker-Freyseng 31 Becker-Freysen Extracts from Harper’s II-65 g Ex. 18 Magazine entitled “Secrets by the Thousand” by C. Lester Walker.
Becker-Freyseng 42 Becker-Freysen Affidavit of Dr. Ludwig I-455 g Ex. 29 Harriehausen, 9 January 1947, regarding use of patients in sea-water experiments.
Becker-Freyseng 60 Becker-Freysen Statement of Professor Dr. II-95 g Ex. 58 Hans Luxenburger and Dr. Hans Halbach concerning the report on experiments on human beings in world literature (Becker-Freyseng 60a, Becker-Freyseng Ex. 59).
Becker-Freyseng Becker-Freysen Extracts from report on II-96 60a g Ex. 59 experiments on human beings in world literature; excerpts from various newspapers and medical weeklies.
Karl Brandt 1 Karl Brandt Extract from “Life” magazine II-95 Ex. 1 concerning malaria experiments on convicts in U.S. penitentiaries.
Karl Brandt 12 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Walther I-350 Ex. 11 Scheiber on his efforts to purchase experimental animals in Spain and bring them to Germany. Karl Brandt 18 Karl Brandt Extracts from the affidavit I-871 Ex. 15 of Dr. Werner Kirchert, 29 January 1947, stating that Karl Brandt was not involved in the Euthanasia Program.
Karl Brandt 19 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Alfred I-872 Ex. 16 Rueggeberg, 23 January 1947, concerning radio discussions on euthanasia.
Karl Brandt 23 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Eduard Woermann, I-873 Ex. 19 18 January 1947, concerning discussion of Karl Brandt and Pastor Bodelschwingh on euthanasia.
Karl Brandt 101 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Otto Ambros, I-351 Ex. 41 21 April 1947, concerning the urgency of experiments in the field of chemical-warfare agents and their countermeasures.
Karl Brandt 103 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Walter I-352 Ex. 42 Mielenz, 21 April 1947, concerning the assignment of Karl Brandt in connection with chemical warfare.
Karl Brandt 117 Karl Brandt Excerpts from the II-103 Ex. 103 dissertation “Infection Experiments on Human Beings” by Alfred Heilbrunn of the Hygiene Institute of the Wuerzburg University, 1937, concerning experiments on human beings in other countries.
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from report on the I-377 Oberheuser 1 Fischer, First Conference East of Oberheuser Ex. Consulting Specialists on 6 18 and 19 May 1942 at the Military Medical Academy, Berlin.
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from report on the I-378 Oberheuser 3 Fischer, Third Conference East of Oberheuser Ex. Consulting Specialists on 10 24 to 26 May 1943 at the Military Medical Academy, Berlin.
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from “Clinic and I-405 Oberheuser 6 Fischer, Practice”, weekly journal Oberheuser Ex. for the Practicing 9 Physician, regarding bone transplantation.
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-377 Oberheuser 21 Fischer, Karl Friedrich Brunner, 14 Oberheuser Ex. March 1947. 20 Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-407 Oberheuser 21 Fischer, Karl Friedrich Brunner, 14 Oberheuser Ex. March 1945, concerning 20 scientific experiments conducted at the clinic of Hohenlychen.
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-408 Oberheuser 22 Fischer, Josef Koestler concerning Oberheuser Ex. Dr. Gebhardt’s activities, 21 27 February 1947.
Rose 11 Rose Ex. 27 Extract from report of I-298 Professor Dr. E. Gildemeister concerning the activities of the Robert Koch Institute—Reich Institute for the fight against infectious diseases.
Rose 16 Rose Ex. 12 Extracts from the affidavit I-581 of Professor Otto Lenz, director of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin.
Rose 46 Rose Ex. 20 Extract from a certified I-582 statement, 4 March 1947, of J. Oerskov, M.D., director of the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen.
Rose 47 Rose Ex. 35 Affidavit of Professor Dr. I-300 Hans Luxenburger, 24 March 1947, concerning Rose’s interest in therapeutical malaria treatments.
Rose 50 Rose Ex. 49 Extract from the affidavit of I-302 Professor Dr. Ernst Georg Nauck, M.D., Hamburg 4, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for nautical and tropical diseases.
Mrugowsky 115 Mrugowsky Ex. Extracts from the affidavit I-647 108 of Udo Von Woyrsch, 3 May 1947, concerning experiments on combating injuries due to phosphorus incendiary bombs.
Sievers 45 Sievers Ex. 46 Extract from the affidavit of I-752 Dr. Gisela Schmitz, 27 March 1947, on Siever’s position in the Ahnenerbe Society and his connection with the skeleton collection.
Sievers 54 Sievers Ex. 50 Regulations for the Commandos I-754 (Einsatzkommandos) of the Security Police and the Security Service to be activated in Stalags. Blome 1 Blome Ex. 8 Extracts from the affidavit I-778 of Dr. Oskar Gundermann, 28 December 1946, stating that Blome opposed the plan to exterminate tubercular Poles and that the plan was never carried out.
Blome 14 Blome Ex. 6 Extracts from a report on the I-777 German Tuberculosis Conference of 18 to 20 March 1937, at Wiesbaden.
Pokorny 19 Pokorny Ex. 27 Affidavit of Dr. Helmuth I-874 Weese, 19 March 1947, concerning use of caladium seguinum for sterilization.
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Dr. Leo Alexander I-386, 417 Beiglboeck I-468 Blome I-780 Brack I-732, 876 Karl Brandt I-506, 892, 900; II-29 Rudolf Brandt I-183, 757 Jadwiga Dzido I-381 Gebhardt I-388, 667 Dr. Eugen Haagen I-606 Handloser I-265 Dr. Friedrich Hielscher II-30 Karl Hoellenrainer I-456 Dr. Andrew C. Ivy I-994; II-42, 60, 82, 110 Miss Karolewska I-409 Eugen Kogon I-583, 637, 648, 993 Werner Leibbrandt II-80 Dr. Mennecke I-875 Mrugowsky I-595, 651, 688; II-56, 66 Walter Neff I-177, 260 Romberg I-186 Rose I-308, 586, 973; II-69, 77, 118 Schmidt I-890 Schroeder I-269 Sievers I-274, 682 Stoehr I-664 Vieweg I-303 Vollhardt I-474
“The Milch Case”
CASE NO. 2
MILITARY TRIBUNAL NO. II
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA —against— ERHARD MILCH