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Letter to Sigmund Rascher conveying Himmler's approval of the use of prisoners for the high altitude experiments
NMT 2
Authors
Rudolf Emil H. Brandt (SS Obersturmbannfuehrer (Himmler's personal staff))
Rudolf Emil H. Brandt
German civil servant and SS officer, convicted war criminal (1909-1948)
- Born: 1909-06-02 (Frankfurt (Oder))
- Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg Prison)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; lawyer; stenographer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
- Member of: The Ahnenerbe
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: defendant)
- Significant person: Heinrich Himmler (role: adjutant)
Date: 1941
Defendant: Erhard Milch
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-1582
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 79
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citation: NMT 2 (page 373)
HLSL Item No.: 3059
Notes:The letter, which is not dated, replies to Rascher's letter of 15 May 1941.
Trial Issue
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1582: Photostat of letter by Brandt to Rascher re: Permission to experiment on arrested people
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1582: Letter from Himmler’s adjutant Brandt to Dr. Rascher, 23 (?) May 1941: prisoners will be placed at the addressee’s disposal for high altitude aviation research
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1582: No date - R. Brandt to Rascher stating Himmler gives consent.
No date - Brandt to Rascher stating Himmler gives consent.