Order to SS medical officials that medical experiments in concentration camps must receive Himmler's approval

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Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)

• Born: 1900-10-07 (Munich)
• Died: 1945-05-23 (Lüneburg)
• Country of citizenship: German Empire (period: 1900-10-07 through 1918-01-01); Nazi Germany (since: 1923-01-01); Weimar Republic (period: 1915-01-01 through 1937-01-01)
• Occupation: farmer; laboratory technician; occultist; politician
• Member of political party: Bavarian People's Party (period: 1919-01-01 through 1923-01-01); National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
• Member of: Academy for German Law (since: 1933-01-01); Altreichsflagge (until: 1926-01-01); Artaman League; Bund Reichskriegsflagge
• Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch (date: 1923-11-09); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Night of the Long Knives
• Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: secretary, stenographer; since: 1934-01-01)