THE PRESIDENT: I understand also that copies of these exhibits, within a reasonable time, will be furnished to the Tribunal and to the Defendant' Counsel?
MR. McHANEY: This You Honors, completes the presentation for the time an the Jewish skeleton collection as charged against the Defendants Rudolf Brandt and Sievers. Mr. Hardy will continue at this tine with the presentation of evidence dealing with epidemic Jaundice experiments.
MR. HADY: The Prosecution charges in its indictment that the Defendants Karl Brandt, Handloser, Rostock, Schroeder, Gebhardt, Rud If Brandt, Mrgowsky, Poppendick, Sievers, Rose and Becker-Freyseng are charged with special responsibility for and participation in the epidemic Jaundice experiments. These experiments were conducted at the Sachsenhausen concentration camps for the benefit of the German Armed Forces to investigate the causes of and innoculation against epidemic jaundice. Experimental subjects were deliberately infected with epidemic jaundice, some of whom have died as a result and others were caused great pain and suffering, as set forth in Count 2, Subparagraph 8-h of the in indictment and in Count 3, Paragraph 11, under Crimes Against Humanity.
I respectfully request the Tribunal to turn to Document Book N. 8, page 1. This is Document No. NO-371, which will be offered as Prosecution Exhibit No.186
DR. SERVATIUS: Attorney Servatius far Karl Brandt.
Mr. President, I object to the reanding of this affidavit for the same reason for which I have previously protested against the presentation of the affidavit of Brack. In any case, I request that the Defendant Brandt be called as a witness at the proper time in order that he may be interrogated as to the contents of this document. After all, the possibility exists that the Defendant Brandt will not be called to the witness box by his Defense Counsel.
THE PRESIDENT: The objection will be overruled.
MR. HARDY: I shall read the document:
"I, Rudolf Emil Hermann Brandt, being duly sworn, depose and state:
1. I am the same Rudolf Brandt who has heretofore sworn to an affidavit on the 30th day of August 1946 concerning low pressure experiments performed on involuntary human beings in the Dachau Concentration Camps and to certain other affidavits concerning medical experiments on involuntary human subjects.
2. For the same reasons set forth in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of my affidavit of 30 August 1946, I am able to make this statement concerning experiments performed on human beings.
Experiments to determine the cause of epidemic jaundice (Hepatitis Epidemica)".
I might say at this time, from time to time in the documents you will see in lieu of the word "jaundice", "hepatitis", which is the German word for jaundice. On some occasions the translator merely stated "epidemic hepatitis" without translating to "jaundice".
"3. About the middle of 1943, Dr. Grawitz, Reichsarzt SS, wrote Himmler that Dr. Karl Brandt wished to obtain prisoners for experimentation on the causes of a jaundice epidemic. He had been doing research on this problem with the assistance of Dr. Dohmen, a medical officer attached to the Army Medical Inspectorate and the Robert Koch Institute. Experiments had thus far disclosed that contagious jaundice is transferred by a virus and human beings were desired for innoculation with germs which had been cultivated in animals. Grawitz advised that death of same of the experimental subjects must be expected. He wanted to know if Dr. Dohmen could be permitted to carry out the experiments at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, as desired by Dr. Karl Brandt.
4. Himmler wrote Grawitz that Dr. Dohmen had his permission to conduct the experiments at Sachsenhausen and for that purpose he had Oswald Pohl of the WVHA allocate a number of prisoners to be used as experimental subjects. I know that these experiments were carried out and that same of the prisoners died as a result.
5. Dr. Eugene Haagen, Oberstabsarzt and consultant in hygiene for the Luftwaffe, had also been doing research work at the Natzweiler Concentration Camp in an effort to discover an effective innoculation against epidemic jaundice As I recall, Dr. Dohmen collaborated with Haagen in 1944 at Natzweiler and experiments on involuntary human beings were conducted which resulted in deaths.
6. These experiments were of course well known to Karl Brandt as he was personally furthering them. Handloser and Schroeder must also have known of them because Dohmen and Haagen wore doctors in the Medical Services of the Army and the Luftwaffe, respectively. Generalarzt Paul Rostock also was well informed on all research work of this nature." Signed Rudolf Brandt.
I might point out at this time that Dr. Dohmen, being a medical officer attached to the Army Medical Inspectorate at the time of these experiments, which was about the middle of 1943, and at that time the Defendant Handloser was still Chief of the Army Medical Inspectorate and Dohmen was one of his subordinates.
We will turn now to document No. NO-010, which will be offered as Prosecution Exhibit No. 187. This is a letter from the Reichs Physician SS Grawitz to Himmler dated 1 June 1943.
Subject: Experiments to determine the cause of Infectious Jaundice.
"Reichsfuehrer:
The General Kommissar of the Fuehrer, SS Brigadefuehrer Professor Dr. Brandt, has approached me with request to help him in the research on the causes of infectious jaundice, which has been to a large extent promoted by him, by placing prisoners at his disposal. To date, research has been conducted by a Stabsarzt Dr. Dohmen within the Research laboratory of the Army Medical Inspectorate and with the cooperation of the Robert Koch Institute. In conformity with results obtained by other German scientists, this research led to the discovery that infectious jaundice is not caused by bacteria but by a virus. In order to extend our knowledge, which to date is based only on innoculation of animals with germs taken from human beings, the reverse is now necessary, namely the innoculation of human beings with virus cultures.
Cases of death must be anticipated.
Therapeutic and prophylactic conclusions, in particular, will to a great extent depend on this final experimental step.
Eight prisoners condemned to death, young if possible, are needed in the prison hospital of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen.
I respectfully request your decision, Reichsfuehrer, 1. As to whether I may have the experiments started in the manner described.
2. As to whether the experiments may be conducted in the prison hospital of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen by Stabsarzt Dr. Dohmen himself.
Although Dr. Dohmen is not a member of the SS (he is an SA-Fuehrer and a Party Member), I would recommend an exception in this case in the interest of continuity of the experiments and thus the exactness of the results.
The practical importance of the matter in questions for our troops, especially in Southern Russia, results from the facts that this disease has spread so extensively during the past years, both among us in the Waffen-SS and Police and in the Army, that up to 60% casualties for a period of up to six weeks suffered in some companies. On the other hand, however, this disease generally has had a relatively favorable prognosis when treated quickly and properly. The possibility of a prophylactic innoculation would be of a great tactical importance." signed, Grawitz.
We see here in this letter that the esteemed General Commissar of the Fuehrer for Health and Medical Matters is approaching the Office of the Reichstaats-SS to secure prisoners to be put at his disposal for experimentation in human beings, which more closely knits together our conspiracy as we walk along and see the Reichsfuehrer, the Reich Commissar for Health and Sanitation, and we will later see the civilian sector and also the Luftwaffe coming into this program.
We turn now to Document No. NO-011, which we offer as Prosecution Exhibit No. 188. This is Himmler's answer to Grawitz's letter of 1 June, dated 16 June 1943:
"Subject: Investigation of the cause of the infectious jaundice.
"Reference: Yoursof 1 June 1943.
TOP SECRET "Reich Doctor SS and Police "Berlin "I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 1 June 1943.
"1. I approve that 8 criminals condemned in Auschwitz (8 Jews of the Polish resistance movement condemned to death) should be used for experiments.
"2. I agree that Dr. Dohmen should make these experiments in Sachsenhausen.
"3. I agree with your opinion that a real fight against the infectious jaundice would be of unheard value.
(signed) "Heinrich Himmler" There is a note on the bottom addressed to "SS-Obergruppenfuehrer POHL, Berlin, - Carbon copy forwarded with request that you will duly note."
The signature is illegible here, signed, just SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer. There is an initial on the document but we have been unable to decipher it.
Next we turn to Document Number NO-137, which is offered as Prosecution Exhibit No. 189. This is an application of Professor Dr. Haagen, operating from Strassburg, to the Rector of the Reich University, Strassburg, dated 7 October 1943. 737 "I propose that the Hygienic Institute should be recognized as a Military concern.
The Institute was charged with the following urgent research tasks, important for the war efforts or respectively of military importance:
"1.) National Air Ministry (R.L.M.) and Commander-in-Chief Air Force.
"Subject: Yellow fever vaccine "Order value:
8000" On the side we see the code letters 2IIB which signifies the office Becker-Freyseng of the Luftwaffe, Department for Aviation Medicine, then changed to 2F and then again we see 2IIB.
The second assignment is also from the National Air Ministry (R.L.M.) and C-in-C Air Force, originating from the same office, Becker-Freyseng; the subject, Spotted fever vaccine, appears in the document as an erroneous translation and should be Typhus Fever.
The Third assignment is again another order from the National Air Ministry (R.L.M.) and we see those familiar code letters, 2IIB, Subject Influenza.
"4.) The Reich Marshal, (Germann Goering), Reich Research Counsel secret Reich matter - urgency degree DD, Subject: Typhus. Order value: 8,000" Code letters follow and SS degree of urgency.
"5.) The Reich Marshal - Reich research counsel - secret Reich matter "Subject:
Hepatitis epidemica."
This means jaundice, epidemic jaundice. This again has DE degree of urgency and SS degree of urgency.
We turn the page to other assignments, another one from the R.L.M., Subject Yellow fever vaccine, which again originates -- you see the familiar letters 2IIB and also at the end of that line 2F,--the familiar office of Dr. BeckerFreyseng, Order Value 8,000 RM. Then another order from the R.L.M., originating from the same place, Subject: Typhus vaccine, Order value 4,000 RM, proposed 7 October 1943.
Then we go on and we have another entry for influenza and another entry for Typhus, and so on.
This is just to show the strength of the work, the application of Haagen, of what he was doing in the various organizations of his Hygienic Institute in Strassburg and at this time he is now applying to be taken in so that ho can have priority rating to obtain sufficient materials to continue his research.
The next document, number NO-299, which Prosecution Exhibit 190, is a letter from Professor Haagen to Dr. Schreiber, who was Chief of the Academy of Military Medicine at Berlin, under the Defendant Handloser. The letter is dated 12 June 1944, addressed to Generalarzt Professor Dr. Schreiber, Academy of Military Medicine, Berlin NW:
"Honored Generalarzt:
"Enclosed I am sending you my Hepatitis report for further use. at the same time I would like to use this opportunity to renew my invitation to Stabsarzt Dohmen. Since I do not know his present address, may I direct this invitation to you and suggest that Mr. Dohmen be assigned to me for several weeks so that we may discover and possibly work on questions we have in common. This would probably be the quickest way to determine whether we have the same virus or not. 15 July would be a satisfactory date for Dohmen's visit to begin..."
Now in that paragraph here is Dohmen who had obviously been working on epidemic jaundice at Strassburg under the directions of the Defendant Karl Brandt and here now is Dr. Haagen, working on the same project at Strassburg University, requesting that Dohmen be assigned to him in order that they may collaborate and join their common task. Here is mention as to whether or not they are using the same virus, which indicates quite conclusively that the virulent virus was used on the inmates during the experimentation period. Next paragraph:
"At the same time I should like to approach the subject of your negotiations for mice. My supplies, and particularly my cultures, are so depleted that they absolutely must be rejuvenated and refilled. You told me in Hohenlychen that it is possible for you to secure mice, even in large numbers.
May I ask you to endeavor to secure for me several thousand mice of both sexes, preferably only young animals..."
His reference in that paragraph to Hohenlychen is undoubtedly the Conference in May of 1944 --- the yearly medical conference.
"Thirdly I would like to ask whether the Hepatitis Research will be carried on in future out of funds of the Reich Research Council? My funds for this branch are now exhausted and I am faced with the question as to whether to apply for further funds to my Medical Chief of the Luftwaffe or to you, I would be grateful to you to be informed about this shortly.
"With kindest greetings and compliments, "Heil Hitler!"Very devotedly yours, (presumably signed HAAGEN)" This is a letter which was found in Haagen's file and it is customary usually not to sign your file copies.
We now turn to Document Number NO-300, which is offered as Prosecution Exhibit 191. This is Generalarzt Schreiber's answer to Haagen dated 20 June 1944.
"Honored Professors:
"Prof. Nauck of the Trepeninstitut in Hamburg has contacted the Reich Research Council with regard to a possible temporary assignment for Prof. Schueffner, formerly of Amsterdam now of Hilversum. One would like to do Prof. Schueffner a good turn and remove him from Hilversum, where he might be harmed through the exigencies of war. It appears that Prof. Schueffner insists that he will leave Holland only if he gets a scientific commission. Prof. Nauck has also spoken a bout your institute in this connection.
I do not know whether Nauck has contacted you personally. I am therefore asking you whether you would have use for Schueffner in the execution of some scientific work and would take him on at your institute. The monetary side of this matter would be taken care of by the Reich Research Council. I would be very grateful to you if you would advise me of your position in this matter as soon as possible.
"The association between you and Dohmen has not been established.
I will bring about Dohmen's assignment. The discussion at Breslau brought about some lucidity after all. Mr. Weineck appeared to me to be the paltriest.
"With kindest greetings and "Heil Hitler!"I remain (signed) Schreiber," Here is Schreiber indicating that the Reich Research Council will fully cooperate with the work of Haagen.
We see now the military side entering into the Haagen picture. We have now the Reich Research Council, the Office of Professor Dr. Karl Brandt, and the man Dohmen coming in. We have the Luftwaffe, all of them, now joining together, the SS included, in this experiment Epidemic Jaundice.
We now turn to Document Number NO-309, which will be offered as Prosecution Exhibit 192, another letter from Haagen to Generalarzt Schreiber, dated 24 June 1944.
"Honored Generalarzt.
"Many thanks for your friendly letter of 20 June 1944. I am very interested in the matter of our honored Mr. Schueffner. Mr. Nauck asked me quite some time ago whether I could take Mr. Schueffner in as a guest. I declared myself fundamentally agreeable to this and would be very glad if I could offer Mr. Schueffner a place to work.
Mr. Schueffner's interests are so extensive that it should not be difficult for him to find work within the framework of our German war-essential research. In case a subject should be suggested, I should like to propose that Mr. Schueffner work on endemic spyrochaetes exclusive of Syphilis.
"Meanwhile Mr. Dohmen has written to me, and I have also personally invited him. I, too, am of the opinion that the discussion at Breslau was extraordinarily challenging to us.
"With kindest greetings and compliments, "Heil Hitler!"Devotedly yours (presumably signed Haagen) We now turn to Document NO-124, which will be offered as Prosecution Exhibit 193.
This is a Letter from a gentleman named Gutzeit. Gutzeit was a subordinate to Schreiber in the Chain of command that went up to the defendant Handloser. He was Consulting Physician to the Chief of the Army Medical Service. The letter is addressed to "Dear Colleague Haagen:
"I greatly welcome your invitation to Mr. Dohmen. I have requested Generalarzt Schreiber to assign Mr. Dohmen to you as of 15 July, for a limited period of time to begin with. Should the Hepatitis Virus questions appear to require further collaboration, the assignment can be extended. In this connection I have another question, namely: In line with my statements at the joint Hepatitis discussions at Breslau I have tried to make preparations for experiments on human beings. Conditions here at Breslau will shortly be appropriate. Certain precautions, which I will not discuss in writing, will have to be observed however. As you know Dohmen lost all his material in Berlin and renewed animal in inocculations with punctured liver matter also failed because the animals died in transport of a contagious disease. At the moment Dohmen has only frozen material at his disposal. Nevertheless we are going to use this for the above described experiments. Now I wanted to ask you whether you could place some of your virus material at our disposal, which we could then use here in Breslau for simultaneous inocculation experiments with Dohmen's material. I would administer the clinical observations myself, just as I will carry out the preliminary examinations with greatest care. Should you agree, I would advise you promptly if the conditions for inocculations here in Breslau are established.
"I have the following further request: the Oberarzt of my clinic and leader of the research group in the East has been working on the causes of war-nephritis. After many experiments with direct transmission of the excretions of nephritis patients to animals, he has been unsuccessful in securing positive results. However, the experiments were not carried out variably and consistently enough, partially because of a lack of the necessary animals. however, it has been possible to bring about changes in some of the eggs with eye and mouth secretions of nephritis patients, which arouses the suspicion that a cultivatable virus is involved, but the question as to whether this is the nephritis virus remains open.
Controlled experiments with material from nephritis patients are still to be made. In order to avoid an endless waste of time and loss of material through accidents, it is my desire that Mr. K. deliver eggs to an experienced virus researcher so that the latter may undertake further identification and cultivation of the material, that is to say he may work on animal contagion, exhibition of elementary bodies, etc. I would be very grateful to you if you would be prepared to take part in this experimentation, and, if your agree, shall instruct K. to make the material available to you in a suitable manner. I would be grateful to you if you would express year opinions with regard to these questions as seen as possible and if you would advise me whether you are prepared to enter into my proposals.
Sincerely, Heil Hitler!Your very devoted Gutzeit".Mr. K. is obviously Mr. Kalk as we will see in a moment.
We turn now to Document NO-125, Prosecution Exhibit 194. It is a letter from Haagen to Gutzeit. This is dated 27 June 1944:
"My dear colleague Gutzeit:
"Many thanks for your letter of 24 June 1944. I am glad that Herr Dohmen will come here on 15 July. We shall then review all common Hepatitis question and perhaps also set up the experiments together.
"I cannot at present definitely answer your inquiry about human experiments. As you know, I am working with Herr Kalk, Herr Butchner and Herr Zuckschwert. Naturally, I have already arranged with Herr Kalk that we shall undertake that type of experiment with our material. I must therefore first determine the point of view of the others concerned.
"I shall be very glad to begin work on the Nephritis material from your Oberstarzt K. With best greetings Heil Hitler Yours Professor Dr. H. Haagen Consulting Hygienist with Luftflettenarzt Reich."
We turn now to Document NO-126, Prosecution Exhibit 195. This is Dr. Haagen sending a copy of a letter to Dr. Kalk, dated the same date, 24 June 1944:
"Dear Herr Kalk:
"In the enclosure I send you a copy of a letter from Gutzeit and my reply We must proceed as seen as possible with the experiments on human beings. These experiments of course should be carried out in Strassbourg or in its vicinity." (In the vicinity referring to the nearby Concentration Camp Natzweiler.)
"Could you in your official position take the necessary steps to obtain the required experimental subjects? I don't know what wort of subjects Gutzei has at his disposal, whether they are soldiers or other people.
"I shall appreciate a prompt reply.
With cordial greetings Heil Hitler!Yours Oberstabarzt Professcr Dr. E. Haagen.
Consulting Hygienist with Luftflettenarzt Reich."
We have here the documentary evidence which shows all the arrangements leading up to the actual experimentation and we have, as we noted in the first document in the book, the words, of Rudolf Brandt stating as a fact that the experiments were carried out and that some of the prisoners died as a result. Obviously, from these documents, Professor Dr. Haagen and Mr. Dohmen and other has also carried out experiments in Sachsenhausen. So we see collaboration in all parts of the German medical world on this particular experiment.
At this time, Your Honors, we are going to jump a bit in the course of the indictment and go to the presentation of the evidence on the extermination of tubercular Poles.
This is Document Book #9.......
JUDGE SEBRING: Counsel, is this all of the testimony you have to offer or all the evidence you have to offer on behalf of the charge epidemic jaundice?
MR. HARDY: That is complete, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: At this time the Tribunal Trill recess for fifteen minutes.
(A recess was taken).
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal is again in session.
MR. HARDY: The Prosecution charges under Count No. 2, paragraph 8, that the defendants Blome and Rudolf Brandt unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed War Cimres; and, in paragraph 13, Count No. 3, committed crimes against Humanity, and that they were principals in, accessories, to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the murder and mistreatment of tens of thousands of Polish nationals who were civilians and members of the armed forces of a nation then at war with the German Reich and who were in the custody of the German Reich in exercise of a belligerent control. These people were alleged to be infected with incurable tuberculosis. On the ground of insuring the health and welfare of Germans in Poland, many tubercular Poles were ruthlessly exterminated while others were isolated in death camps with inadequate medical facilities.
We turn now to Document Book No. 9 which was previously numbered No. 7 -Extermination of T Poles, your Honor. We begin the introduction of this evidence with Document No. 246, which will be offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 196. This is a letter from Greiser who was the Reich Governor of the Reichsgau Wartheland, dated 1 May 1942, addressed to Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler, Fuehrer-Headquarters.
"Reichsfuehrer:
"The special treatment, (Senterbehandlung)" -- which, you Honor, means extermination; a term somewhat similar to the expression used in America, "taking a man for a ride".
"--of about 100.000 Jews in the territory of my district (Gau), approved by you agreement with the Chief of the Reich-Main-Security Office, SS Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich, can be completed within the next 2-3 months. I ask you for permission to rescue the district immediately after the measure taken against the Jews, from a menace, which is increasing week by week, and use the existing and efficient special commandos for that purpose.
"There are about 230,000 people of Polish nationality in my district, who were diagnosed to suffer from TB. The number of persons infected with open tuberculosis is estimated at about 35,000. This fact has led in an increasing frightening measure to the infection of Germans, who came to the Warthegau perfectly healthy. In particular reports are received with our increasing effect of German children in danger "infection.
A considerable number of well known leading men especially of the police, have been infected lately and are not available for the war effort because of the necessary medical treatment. The ever increasing risks were also recognized and appreciated by the deputy of the Reich Leader for Public Health (Reichsgesundheitsfuehrer) Comrade Professor Dr. Blome as well as by the Leader of your X-rays battalion SS Standartenfuehrer Professor Dr. Hohlfelder."
You will recall Dr. McHaney called to your attention, during the presentation of the evidence on the sterilization experiments, the name of Professor Dr. Hohlfelder of the X-ray battalion. We see them going into this particular action now.
"Though in Germany proper it is not possible to take appropriate draconic steps against this public plague. I think I could take the responsibility for my suggestion to have cases of open TB exterminated among the Polish race here in Warthegau. Of course only a Pole should be handed over to such an action, who is not only suffering open tuberculosis, but whose incurability is proved and certified by public health officer.
"Considering the urgency of this project I ask for your approval in principle as soon as possible. This would enable us to take the preparations with all necessary precautions now to get the action against the Poles suffering from open tuberculosis under way, while the action against the Jews is in its closing stages.
"Heil Hitler"!
"Greiser."
This letter indicates that upon the completion of the Jewish action Greiser wants to use the same equipment and facilities for the extermination of the Poles inflicted with tuberculosis.
We turn now to Document No. 247, which is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 197. This is a letter from Koppe the SS and Police Leader on the Staff of the Reich Governor in Posen, dated 3 May 1942, to the Reichsfuehrer SS, Personal Staff, attention of SS-obersturmbannfuehrer Brandt.
"Subject: Poles afflicted with TB.
"Dear Comrade Brandt:
"May I ask that you submit the following matter to the Reichsfuehrer SS:
"The Gauleiter will shortly ask the Reichsfuehrer SS for permission to have those Poles who have been shown to be afflicted with open TB admitted to the detachment Lange for special treatment (Sonderbehandlung). This request is motivated by the Gauleiter's serious and understandable concern for the physical welfare of the German people here. For there are about 20-25000 poles in the Gau who, according to the doctor's opinion, are afflicted with incurable TB and who will not be fir for assignment to work again. In view of the fact that these Poles live very closely crosded together, particularly in the cities, and that, on the other hand, they come in constant contact with the German population, they constitute a tremendous source of contagion which must be checked as quickly as possible. If this is not done the infection of numerous large numbers of Germans and most serious physical damage to the health of the German population must be expected. Today already the number of cases of Germans, among them also members of the Police Force, becoming infected by Poles and coming down with TB is increasing.
"Under these circumstances, T consider the solution desired by the Gauleiter as the only possible one, and ask that you inform The Reichsfuehrer SS accordingly.
"With comradely greetings and "Heil Hitler "Your "W. Koppe."
We turn now to Document No. 248, which is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit 198. This is Rudolf Brandt's answer to Koppe, dated 14 May 1942.
"dear Obergpruppenfuehrer:
"Many thanks for your letter of 3 May 1942. Meanwhile I have forwarded a copy of Sauleiter Greisers suggestion to the Chief of the Security Police and asked for his opinion. The final decision in this matter will rest with the Fuehrer anyway. I presume that he will talk the matter over with you and Obergruppenfuehrer Greiser at the SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and SS-Gruppenfuehrer meeting.
"Heil Hitler!
"by order yours "R. Br.749 "SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer.
We turn now to Document No. 245, which is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 199. It is a letter from the Chief of Security Police in answer to a statement made in Rudolf Brandt's letter, dated 9 June 1942, the signature is illegible, and it is addresse to the Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police, Fuehrer Headquarters.
"Re: Special Treatment of Poles, afflicted with incurable tuberculosis, within the Reichsgau Wartheland.
"I have no scruples against having the Protectorate-members and stateless persons of the Polish race, who are living within the territory of the Reichsgau Wartheland, and who are afflicted with open tuberculosis, submitted to the special treatment in the sense of the proposal of Gau-Leader Greiser, insofar as their disease is incurable, according to the diagnosis of an official physician.
"The individual measures, though, will first have to be discussed thoroughly with the Security Police, in order to carry out the execution with the least possible attraction of attention.
We turn now to Document No. 252, another letter from Greiser. You will notice it is signed "Herbert", and addressed to "Dear Rudi", meaning the defendant Rudolf Brandt. This document is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 200.
"Handwritten note with words in parenthesis tentatively translated Xla/97 Inform by phone that (gassing) under way" The initials are illegible. The letter is dated Berlin, 25 June 1942.
"Dear Rudi, "Some time age, a top-secret report from the Reich Main Security Office concerning special treatment of 2000 TB afflicted Poles was forwarded.
The report was addressed to your address. Since it was top-secret, SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Faelschlein signed for it. I believe that Faelschlein handed the whole matter over to you without further ado.
"Since a decision of the Reichsfuehrer SS is to be obtained and since the interested department of the firm is slowly getting on my nerves through its constant inquiries, I beg you to let me know if you have the faintest idea about the whole matter.
"I greet you cordially "your "Herbert."
"Shorthand notes only partly legible. Action being processed should be there already."
"Dear Rudi, "I assume that you have this ..... (rest illegible) now with Obersturmfuehrer Faelschlein?)
........
Now the Document Number NO-244 is offered as prosecution Exhibit Number 201. It is a letter from the Reichsfuehrer himself, Heinrich Himmler, addressed to Greiser, dated 27 June 1942.
"Dear Comrade Greiser:
"I am sorry that I was not able until today to give a definite answer to your letter of 1 May 1942.
"I have no objection to having protectorate people (Schutzangehoerige) and stateless persons of Polish origin who live within the territory of the Reichsgau (province) Warthegau and are infected with open tuberculosis handed over for special treatment as you suggest as long as their disease is incurable according to the diagnosis of an official physician. I would like to request, however, to discuss the individual measures in detail with the Security Police first in order to assure inconspicuous accomplishment of the task.
"Heil Hitler! Yours, (signed) Heinrich Himmler." Note that copies went to SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Koppe and to the Reich Main Security Office. "Submitted in transcript to take notice. By order: "with the signature "Br.", Meaning Rudolf Brandt, "SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer." "May we now have the full cooperation of Heinrich Himmler in the completion of the task in an inconspicuous manner" We now turn to Document Number NO-249, which is offered as Prosecution Exhibit 202.
This is dated 21 November 1942, a letter from Greiser to Himmler, which reads as follows:
"Reichsfuehrer: In your letter of 27 June 1942, Journal Number 1247/42 Top Secret, you gave me permission to give special treatment to Poles who are proved to be infected with open and therefore incurable pulmonary tuberculosis. This special treatment of the seriously sick can of course only take place after the whole population in the territory of my Gau has been examined to find out who is curable and who is incurable. Tho examinations are to start soon in accordance with the method of Prof. Dr. Hohlfelder, who will be assigned to this Gau in a few weeks with his X-ray battalion. The first utilization of this method is estimated to be possible in approximately half a year.
"In this stage of the proceedings Prof. Dr. Blome, in his capacity as Deputy Chief of the Public Health Office of the NSDAP is raising some objections as to its execution.