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Letter to Oswald Pohl authorizing sterilization research
NMT 1
Authors
Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)
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)
Date: 10 March 1942
Defendants: Rudolf Brandt, Adolf Pokorny
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-36
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 143
Document Book No: Prosecution 6
Citations: NMT 1 (page 512), NMT 1 (page 4885)
HLSL Item No.: 95
Notes:Approving research proposed by Pokorny in letter of October 1941 (NO 35). Brandt sent a copy of the letter to Grawitz.
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NO-36: 10 March 1942 - Himmler to Pohl outlining Pokorny's suggestion and asking him to contact Dr. Madaus who is to be offered the opportunity of experimenting on criminals in cooperation with Grawitz.