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Letter to Heinrich Himmler concerning the seawater experiments
Authors
Ernst Grawitz (Dr., Lt. Gen. Waffen-SS, Reich Physician SS)
Ernst Robert Grawitz
German general; Reichsarzt; facilitated medical torture and experiments on Nazi concentration camp inmates
- Born: 1899-06-08 (Charlottenburg)
- Died: 1945-04-24 (Babelsberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: concentration camp guard; internist; military physician; torturer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel (date: 1944-01-01)
- Significant person: Ernst Kaltenbrunner (role: colleague); Leonardo Conti
- Military rank: Obergruppenführer
Date: 28 June 1944
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-179
Citations: NMT 1 (page 485), NMT 1 (page 8048), NMT 1 (page 8227), NMT 4 (page 537)
HLSL Item No.: 1188
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Henry Sachs on 9 September 1946.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-179: Letter from Grawitz to Himmler RE: Plan to make Seawater experiments at Dachan
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-179: 28 June 44 - Letter from Grawitz to Himmler giving various opinions on the proposed experiments
28 June 44 - Grawitz to Himmler giving opinion of Glucks, among others, on using inmates.