Chapter XXXIII: Appendix: Table of Comparative Ranks

U. S. German U. S. Navy German Med. SS SA
Army Army Navy Svcs.(A)

2d Leutnant Ensign Leutnant Assistenza Untersturm Sturmfuehr
Lieuten zur See rzt fuehrer er.
ant

1st Oberleutn Lieutenant Oberleutna Oberarzt Obersturmf Obersturmf
Lieuten ant (junior nt zur uehrer uehrer.
ant grade) See

Captain Hauptmann Lieutenant Kapitaenle Stabsarzt Hauptsturm Hauptsturm
(senior utnant fuehrer fuehrer.
grade)

Major Major Lieutenant Korvettenk Oberstabsa Sturmbannf Sturmbannf
Commande apitaen rzt uehrer uehrer.
r

Lieutenan Oberstleu Commander Fregattenk Oberfeldar Obersturmb Obersturmb
t tnant apitaen zt annfuehrer annfuehrer
Colonel .

Colonel Oberst Captain Kapitaen Oberstarzt Standarten Standarten
zur See fuehrer fuehrer
Oberfuehre Oberfuehre
r (B) r (C).

Brigadier Generalma Commodore Konteradmi Generalarz Brigadefue Brigadefue
General jor ral t hrer hrer.

Major Generalle Rear Vizeadmira Generalsta Gruppenfue Gruppenfue
General utnant Admiral l bsarzt hrer hrer.

Lieutenan General Vice Admiral Generalobe Obergruppe Obergruppe
t der Admiral rstabsarzt nfuehrer nfuehrer.
General Infante
rie,
der
Artille
rie,
etc.

General Generalob Admiral Generaladm Oberstgrup
erst iral penfuehrer
.

General Generalfe Admiral of Grossadmir Reichsfueh Stabschef.
of the ldmarscha the al rer
Army ll Fleet

(A) Ranks for the Medical Service of the German Army and the German Air Force are identical. Ranks for the Medical Service of the German Navy differ somewhat but are for the most part immaterial here. Dr. Fikentacher held the rank of Admiraloberstabsarzt which is equivalent to that of Generaloberstabsarzt.

(B) Equivalent to a senior Colonel.

(C) Same as B above.

List of Witnesses in Case I

[Note.—All witnesses in this case appeared before the Tribunal.
Prosecution witnesses are designated by the letter “P”, defense
witnesses by the letter “D”, and the Tribunal witness by the
letter “T”. The names not preceded by any designation represent
defendants testifying in their own behalf. Extracts from
testimony in this case are listed in the index of documents and
testimony.]

│ │ │ │ │ │ Pages │ Name │ Dates of testimony │ (mimeographed │ │ │ transcript) │ │ │ P│ALEXANDER, Dr. Leo │20 Dec 46 │805-814; 832-838; │ │ │848-855; 864-869 │ │ │ D│AUGUSTINICK, Dr. │27, 28 Feb 47 │3701-3737 │ Herbert │ │ │ │ │ │BECKER-FREYSENG, │19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27,│7774-8243; 8255-8292 │ Hermann │28, 29 May 46 │ │ │ │ │BEIGLBOECK, Wilhelm │6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17 │8666-9028; 9326-9328 │ │Jun 46 │ │ │ │ D│BLOCK, Maria Lotte │16, 17 Apr 47 │6002-6031 │ │ │ │BLOME, Kurt │13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20,│4450-4811 │ │21 Mar 47 │ │ │ │ D│BORKENAU, Franz │14, 15 Apr 47 │5890-5908 │ │ │ │BRACK, Viktor Hermann │12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 │7413-7772 │ │May 47 │ │ │ │ │BRANDT, Karl │3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Feb 47 │2301-2661 │ │ │ │BRANDT, Rudolf │24, 25, 26 Mar 47 │4869-4994 │ │ │ P│BROEL-PLATER, Maria │19, 20 Dec 46 │785-804 │ │ │ P│BROERS, Constantyn │30 Jun 47 │10386-10406 │ Johan │ │ │ │ │ D│CHRISTENSEN, Heinz │24 Feb 47 │3430-3454 │ │ │ D│DORN, Paul Friedrich │5, 6 Jun 47 │8574-8665 │ │ │ P│DZIDO, Jadwiga │20 Dec 46 │838-848 │ │ │ P│EYER, Olga │15 Jan 47 │1755-1779 │ │ │ │FISCHER, Fritz │10, 11, 12 Mar 47 │4266-4384 │ │ │ │GEBHARDT, Karl │4, 5, 6, 7, 10 Mar 47 │3931-4256 │ │ │ │GENZKEN, Karl │28 Feb; 3 Mar 47 │3773-3891 │ │ │ P│GRANDJEAN, Henri-Jean │6 Jan 47 │1099-1105; 1119-1120 D│GUTZEIT, Kurt │7, 10 Feb 47 │2692-2764 │ │ │ D│HAAGEN, Eugen │17, 18, 19, 20 Jun 47 │9408-9712 │ │ │ P│HALL, Ferdinand │3 Jan 47 │1048-1073 │ │ │ │HANDLOSER, Siegfried │11, 12, 13, 18 Feb 47 │2815-3104 │ │ │ D│HARTLENBEN, Hans │19 Feb 47 │3189-3231 │ │ │ D│HEDERICH, Karl Heinz │8, 9 May 47 │7262-7291 │ │ │ P│HENRI PIERRE, Henri │18 Dec 46 │708-722 │ │ │ D│HIELSCHER, Friedrich │15, 16 Apr 47 │5926-5994 │ │ │ P│HIRTZ, Georg │8 Jan 47 │1291-1300 │ │ │ P│HOELLENRAINER, Karl │27 Jun 47; 1 Jul 47 │10229-10234; 10508-10544 │ │ │ D│HOERING, Felix │17 Apr 47 │6031-6078 │ │ │ D│HORN, Videslaw │31 Mar, 1 Apr 47 │5245-5333 │ │ │ │HOVEN, Waldemar │21, 23, 24 Jun 47 │9761-10004 │ │ │ P│IVY, Dr. Andrew Conway │12, 13, 14, 16 Jun 47 │9029-9324 │ │ │ D│JAEGER, Rolf │28 May 47 │8244-8255 │ │ │ D│JENTSCH, Werner │26 Feb 47 │3582-3602 │ │ │ D│JUNG, Friedrich │26 Jun 47 │10148-10154 │ │ │ D│KARLSTETTER, Maria │25 Feb 47 │3455-3461 │ │ │ P│KAROLEWSKA, Vladislava │20 Dec 46 │815-832 │ │ │ P│KIRCHHEIMER, Fritz │8, 9 Jan 47 │1321-1348 │ │ │ D│KOCH, Ernst │26 Jun 47 │10120-10144 │ │ │ P│KOGON, Dr. Eugen │6, 7, 8 Jan 47 │1150-1290 │ │ │ D│KOSMEHL, Dr. Herbert │12 Mar 47 │4387-4446 │ │ │ P│KUSMIERCZUK, Maria │20 Dec 46 │856-864 │ │ │ D│LAMMERS, Hans Heinrich │7 Feb 47 │2661-2692 P│LAUBINGER, Josef │27 Jun 47 │10198-10229 │ │ │ P│LEIBBRANDT, Werner │27 Jan 47 │1961-2028 │ │ │ P│LEVY, Robert │17 Dec 46 │550-561 │ │ │ P│LUTZ, Wolfgang │12 Dec 46 │266-308 │ │ │ P│MACZKA, Sofia │10 Jan 47 │1430-1462 │ │ │ D│MAY, Eduard │14 Apr 47 │5869-5889 │ │ │ D│MEINE, August │21, 24 Mar 47 │4831-4867 │ │ │ D│METTBACH, Ernst │21 Jun 47 │9714-9757 │ │ │ P│MENNECKE, Fritz │16, 17 Jan 47 │1866-1946 │ │ │ P│MICHALOWSKI, Father Leo│21 Dec 46 │871-886 │ │ │ │MRUGOWSKY, Joachim │26, 27, 28, 31 Mar 47; │5000-5244; 5334-5464 │ │1, 2, 3 Apr 47 │ │ │ │ P│NALES, Gerrid Hendrick │30 Jun 47 │10409-10471 │ │ │ T│NEFF, Walter │17, 18 Dec 46 │595-695 │ │ │ │OBERHEUSER, Herta │3, 8 Apr 47 │5478-5528 │ │ │ D│PFANNMUELLER, Hermann │9, 12 May 47 │7291-7412 │ │ │ D│PIECK, Henry │20 Mar 47 │4722-4755 │ │ │ │POKORNY, Adolf │25, 26 Jun 47 │10007-10109 │ │ │ │POPPENDICK, Helmut │8, 9 Apr 47 │5530-5651 │ │ │ P│ROEMHILD, Ferdinand │14 Jan 47 │1627-1664 │ │ │ │ROMBERG, Hans Wolfgang │1, 2, 5, 6 May 47 │6764-7032A │ │ │ │ROSE, Gerhard │18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 │6081-6484 │ │Apr 47 │ │ │ │ │ROSTOCK, Paul │20, 21, 24 Feb 47 │3258-3430 │ │ │ │RUFF, Siegfried │25, 28, 29, 30 Apr 47 │6490-6739 │ │ │ │SIEVERS, Wolfram │9, 10, 11, 14 Apr 47 │5656-5869 │SCHAEFER, Konrad │2, 4 Jun 47 │8349-8399; 8494-8571 │ │ │ D│SCHMIDT, Bernhard │19 Feb 47 │3144-3188 │ │ │ P│SCHMIDT, Edith │9 Jan 47 │1364-1383 │ │ │ P│SCHMIDT, Walter Eugen │16 Jan 47 │1816-1863 │ │ │ │SCHROEDER, Oskar │25, 26, 27 Feb 47 │3469-3582; 3602-3700 │ │ │ P│STOEHR, Heinrich │17 Dec 46 │574-594 │ Wilhelm │ │ │ │ │ D│TOPF, Erwin │15 Apr 47 │5908-5924 │ │ │ D│TRUX, Rudolf │26 Jun 47 │10110-10120 │ │ │ P│TSCHOFENIG, Joseph │17 Jun 47 │9329-9363 │ │ │ P│VIEWEG, August Heinrich│13, 16 Dec 46 │418-468 │ │ │ D│VOLLHARDT, Franz │3 Jun 47 │8400-8490 │ │ │ P│VORLICEK, Joseph │17 Jun 47 │9383-9407 │ │ │ │WELTZ, Georg August │6, 7, 8 May 47 │7035-7254 │ │ │ D│WITT, Fritz │28 Feb 47 │3740-3753 │ │ │ D│WUERFLER, Paul │18, 19 Feb 47 │3104-3144

INDEX OF DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY

Document No. Exhibit No. Description Vol-Page

NO-005 Pros. Ex. 279 Letter from Grawitz to I-344
Himmler, 22 November 1944,
requesting prisoners for
experiments.

NO-011 Pros. Ex. 188 Note from Himmler to Grawitz, I-504
16 June 1943, concerning
epidemic jaundice
experiments at
concentration camp
Sachsenhausen.

NO-018 Pros. Ex. 404 Letter from Himmler to Brack, I-856
19 December 1940,
requesting that euthanasia
station Grafeneck be
discontinued and that
motion pictures be shown to
dispel rumors.

NO-035 Pros. Ex. 142 Letter from Pokorny to I-713
Himmler, October 1941,
concerning a sterilization
drug to be used against
Germany’s enemies.

NO-036 Pros. Ex. 143 Letter from Himmler, 10 March I-714
1942, to Pohl (initialed by
Rudolf Brandt) concerning a
sterilization drug and
suggesting further research
on criminals.

NO-038 Pros. Ex. 147 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-715
Pohl, June 1942,
transmitting an inquiry by
Himmler as to the progress
made with experiments for
medical sterilization.

NO-039 Pros. Ex. 153 Letter from Gund to Himmler, I-717
24 August 1942, concerning
research in medical
sterilization and
development of
sterilization drugs.

NO-046a Pros. Ex. 148 Letter from Pohl to Himmler, I-716
3 June 1942, concerning the
development of a
sterilization drug by the
firm of Dr. Madaus and Co.

NO-046b Pros. Ex. 149 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-717
Pohl, 11 June 1942, asking
him on behalf of Himmler to
set up a large hothouse for
the development of a
sterilization drug.
NO-080 Pros. Ex. 5 Fuehrer Decree, 28 July 1942, I-81
concerning the Medical and
Health Services.

NO-081 Pros. Ex. 6 Second Fuehrer Decree, 5 I-83
September 1943, concerning
the Medical and Health
Services, 1943.

NO-082 Pros. Ex. 7 Fuehrer Decree, 25 August I-83
1944, concerning the
appointment of a Reich
Commissioner for Medical
and Health Services, 1944.

NO-085 Pros. Ex. 175 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-784
Brandt, 9 February 1942,
and report by Hirt
concerning the acquisition
of skulls of
Jewish-Bolshevik
Commissars.

NO-086 Pros. Ex. 177 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-750
Brandt, 2 November 1942,
requesting with Himmler’s
approval, 150 skeletons.

NO-087 Pros. Ex. 181 Letter from Sievers to I-751
Eichmann, (copy to Rudolf
Brandt), 21 June 1943,
concerning selection of
subjects for a skeleton
collection.

NO-098 Pros. Ex. 263 Memorandum from Sievers to I-337
Rudolf Brandt, 3 November
1942, concerning research
in the Natzweiler
concentration camp.

NO-099 Pros. Ex. 268 Report by Hirt and Wimmer on I-341
the proposed treatment of
poisoning caused by Lost
gas.

NO-121 Pros. Ex. 293 Letter from Haagen to Hirt, I-578
15 November 1943,
concerning prisoners to be
used as experimental
subjects for tests with
typhus vaccine.

NO-122 Pros. Ex. 298 Letter dictated by Rose, I-579
addressed to Haagen, 13
December 1943, concerning
experimental subjects for
vaccine experiments.
NO-123 Pros. Ex. 303 Letter from Haagen to Hirt, 9 I-580
March 1944, concerning
experiments conducted with
typhus vaccine and
requesting experimental
subjects.

NO-125 Pros. Ex. 194 Letter from Haagen to I-506
Gutzeit, 27 June 1944,
concerning epidemic
jaundice experiments on
human beings.

NO-139 Pros. Ex. 317 Letter from Dr. Grunske to I-581
Haagen, 7 March 1944,
concerning reports on
yellow fever virus
experiments requested by a
Japanese medical officer.

NO-158 Pros. Ex. 410 Letter from Hirche, I-858
administrator of the Mental
Institution Bernburg, to
camp commandant of the
Gross-Rosen concentration
camp, 19 March 1942, with
list of inmates transferred
from the concentration camp
to Bernburg.

NO-177 Pros. Ex. 133 Minutes of conference at the I-448
Reich Ministry of Aviation,
20 May 1944, concerning
methods for making sea
water potable.

NO-182 Pros. Ex. 137 Letter from Sievers to I-454
Grawitz, 24 July 1944,
concerning experiments of
the potability of sea
water.

NO-183 Pros. Ex. 136 Teletype from Rudolf Brandt I-453
to Grawitz, undated,
concerning experimental
subjects.

NO-184 Pros. Ex. 132 Letter from the Technical I-447
Office of the Reich
Minister of Aviation
(Goering) to Himmler’s
office, 15 May 1944,
concerning methods to
render sea water potable.

NO-185 Pros. Ex. 134 Letter from Schroeder to I-452
Himmler and Grawitz, 7 June
1944, requesting subjects
for sea-water experiments.
NO-193 Pros. Ex. 264 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-340
Brandt, 22 April 1943,
regarding prevention of Dr.
Wimmer’s transfer to active
duty with the air force.

NO-201 Pros. Ex. 290 Report from Mrugowsky to the I-635
Criminological Institute,
12 September 1944,
concerning experiments with
aconitine nitrate
projectiles.

NO-203 Pros. Ex. 161 Covering letter from Brack to I-719
Himmler, 28 March 1941,
with report on experiments
concerning sterilization
and castration by X-rays.

NO-205 Pros. Ex. 163 Letter from Brack to Himmler, I-721
23 June 1942, proposing
sterilization of two to
three million Jews.

NO-206 Pros. Ex. 164 Letter from Himmler I-722
(counter-signed by Rudolf
Brandt), 11 August 1942,
addressed to Brack,
concerning Himmler’s
interest in sterilization
experiments.

NO-208 Pros. Ex. 166 Letter from Blankenburg to I-723
Himmler, 29 April 1944,
regarding employment of Dr.
Horst Schumann on
experiments concerning the
influence of X-rays on
human genital glands in
connection with similar
experiments conducted at
concentration camp
Auschwitz.

NO-211 Pros. Ex. 169 Letter from Professor I-724
Clauberg to Himmler, 30 May
1942 (referring to a letter
from Rudolf Brandt),
concerning the urgency of
research into biological
propagation and
sterilization without
operation, and draft of a
“Research Institute for
Biological Propagation”.

NO-212 Pros. Ex. 173 Letter from Professor I-730
Clauberg to Himmler, 7 June
1943, reporting on research
in connection with the
sterilization of women.
NO-213 Pros. Ex. 171 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-729
Clauberg, 10 July 1942,
transmitting instructions
of Himmler to perform
sterilizations on Jewesses
at concentration camp
Ravensbrueck.

NO-216 Pros. Ex. 170 Memorandum of Rudolf Brandt, I-728
July 1942, on a discussion
between Himmler, Gebhardt,
Gluecks, and Clauberg
concerning sterilization
experiments conducted on
Jewesses.

NO-218 Pros. Ex. 56 Letter from Rascher to I-150
Himmler, 16 April 1942,
reporting on high-altitude
experiments with fatal
results and on experiments
conducted together with
Romberg.

NO-220 Pros. Ex. 61 Letter from Rascher to I-152
Himmler, 11 May 1942, and
secret report concerning
high-altitude experiments.

NO-224 Pros. Ex. 76 Note by Romberg on showing of I-174
film in office of State
Secretary Milch, and
proposed report to Milch,
11 September 1942.

NO-227 Pros. Ex. 11 Fuehrer Decree of 7 August I-84
1944 concerning the
reorganization of the
Medical Services of the
Wehrmacht.

NO-228 Pros. Ex. 206 Affidavit of defendant I-371
Fischer, 19 November 1946,
concerning sulfanilamide
experiments conducted in
the concentration camp
Ravensbrueck.

NO-231 Pros. Ex. 116 Letter from Rascher to I-255
Sievers, 17 May 1943,
concerning a conference
with Gebhardt on freezing
experiments.

NO-234 Pros. Ex. 83 Letter from Rascher to I-219
Himmler, 10 September 1942,
transmitting intermediate
report on freezing
experiments (_1618-PS_).

NO-244 Pros. Ex. 201 Letter from Himmler (signed I-770
by Rudolf Brandt) to
Greiser, 27 June 1942,
concerning the
extermination of tubercular
Poles.
NO-246 Pros. Ex. 196 Letter from Greiser to I-776
Himmler 1 May 1942,
concerning the plan for
mass extermination of
tubercular Poles.

NO-247 Pros. Ex. 197 Letter from Koppe to Rudolf I-769
Brandt, 3 May 1942,
concerning the killing of
tubercular Poles.

NO-250 Pros. Ex. 203 Letter from Blome to Greiser, I-771
18 November 1942,
concerning the mass
extermination of tubercular
Poles.

NO-257 Pros. Ex. 283 Extract from the affidavit of I-572
Dr. Erwin Schuler, 20 July
1945, concerning typhus
experiments.

NO-257 Pros. Ex. 283 Extract from a sworn I-686
statement by Dr. Erwin
Schuler (Ding), 20 July
1945, concerning euthanasia
with phenol injection.

NO-264 Pros. Ex. 60 File note for SS I-151
Obersturmfuehrer
Schnitzler, 28 April 1942.

NO-265 Pros. Ex. 287 Diary of the Division for I-557
Typhus and Virus Research
at the Institute of Hygiene
of the Waffen SS (Ding
diary) 1941 to 1945.

NO-268 Pros. Ex. 106 Letter from Hippke to I-252
Himmler, 19 February 1943,
on freezing experiments in
Dachau.

NO-285 Pros. Ex. 86 Letter from Rascher to Rudolf I-221
Brandt, 3 October 1942,
stating that Sievers would
obtain four gypsy women for
rewarming through body
warmth.

NO-286 Pros. Ex. 88 Letter from Goering’s office I-223
to Himmler, 8 October 1942,
with attached invitation to
the conference on “Medical
Problems Arising from
Hardships of Sea and
Winter.”

NO-289 Pros. Ex. 72 Letter from Hippke to I-173
Himmler, 8 October 1942,
thanking the latter for his
assistance in high-altitude
experiments in Dachau.
NO-292 Pros. Ex. 111 Letter from Rascher to Rudolf I-253
Brandt, 4 April 1943,
reporting on dry-freezing
experiments in Dachau.

NO-299 Pros. Ex. 190 Letter from Haagen to I-505
Schreiber, 12 June 1944,
concerning epidemic
jaundice experiments.

NO-303 Pros. Ex. 32 Table of organization of the I-88
“Ahnenerbe” from the files
of the Ahnenerbe Society.

NO-320 Pros. Ex. 103 Letter from Sievers to I-246
Brandt, 28 January 1943,
and Rascher’s report on his
discussions with Grawitz
and Poppendick.

NO-322 Pros. Ex. 114 Letter from Rascher to I-254
Keindl, 28 April 1943,
about previous freezing
experiments conducted at
Sachsenhausen.

NO-323 Pros. Ex. 94 Memorandum of Rascher on I-245
women used for rewarming in
freezing experiments, 5
November 1942.

NO-365 Pros. Ex. 507 Unsigned draft letter from I-870
Dr. Wetzel to Rosenberg, 25
October 1941, dealing with
Brack’s collaboration in
the construction of gas
chambers for the
extermination of Jews.

NO-371 Pros. Ex. 186 Affidavit of defendant Rudolf I-503
Brandt, 14 October 1946,
concerning experiments to
determine the cause of
epidemic jaundice.

NO-402 Pros. Ex. 66 Letter, 29 September 1942, I-155
and report, 28 July 1942,
from Romberg and Ruff to
Himmler concerning
experiments on rescue from
high altitudes.

NO-409 Pros. Ex. 249 Report from Grawitz to I-657
Himmler, 29 August 1942,
concerning experiments with
biochemical remedies
conducted at the Dachau and
Auschwitz concentration
camps.
NO-422 Pros. Ex. 33 Letter from Himmler to I-89
Sievers, 7 July 1942,
concerning the
establishment of an
“Institute for Military
Scientific Research” within
the Ahnenerbe Society.

NO-426 Pros. Ex. 160 Extract from the affidavit of I-842
defendant Brack, 14 October
1946, describing
administrative details and
procedure of the Euthanasia
Program.

NO-428 Pros. Ex. 91 Report of 10 October 1942, on I-226
cooling experiments on
human beings.

NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extract from the affidavit of I-555
defendant Hoven, 24 October
1946, concerning typhus and
virus experiments.

NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extracts from the affidavit I-685
of Waldemar Hoven, 24
October 1946, concerning
the killing of inmates by
phenol and other means.

NO-429 Pros. Ex. 281 Extract from the affidavit of I-847
defendant Hoven, 24 October
1946, concerning the
transfer of concentration
camp inmates to euthanasia
stations for extermination.

NO-432 Pros. Ex. 119 Letter from Rascher to Neff, I-258
21 October 1943, concerning
dry-freezing experiments.

NO-438 Pros. Ex. 240 Report from the Institute for I-678
Military Scientific
Research, (Department Dr.
Rascher) on “Polygal 10”.

NO-441 Pros. Ex. 205 Affidavit of defendant Rudolf I-775
Brandt, 24 October 1946,
concerning the plan to
exterminate tubercular
Polish Nationals.

NO-472 Pros. Ex. 234 Affidavit of the defendant I-376
Fischer, 21 October 1946,
supplementing his affidavit
concerning sulfanilamide
experiments.
NO-520 Pros. Ex. 374 Letter from the chief of the I-854
Institution for
feeble-minded in Stetten to
Dr. Frank, 6 September
1940, requesting that
euthanasia be carried out
only after legal basis was
created.

NO-571 Pros. Ex. 285 1943 Work Report for I-573
Department for Typhus and
Virus Research.

NO-579 Pros. Ex. 288 Extract from a report on the I-644
Findings of 2 January 1944,
on a skin ointment—R 17—for
phosphorus burns.

NO-610 Pros. Ex. 41 Inmates of the Dachau I-898-900
concentration camp in
different stages of
simulated altitude in the
low-pressure chamber;
postmortem dissections of
high altitude experimental
subjects showing air
bubbles in blood vessels in
subarachnoid space of brain
and under pleura of
anterior chest wall. (_See_
selections from
photographic evidence of
the prosecution.)

NO-645 Pros. Ex. 3 Table of organization of the I-91
Reich Commissioner for
Health and Medical
Services, drawn by the
defendant Karl Brandt.

NO-656 Pros. Ex. 247 Memorandum by SS I-680
Obersturmbannfuerer Wolff,
8 May 1944; letters from
Dr. Kahr to Rascher, 10 and
16 December 1943.

NO-660 Pros. Ex. 377 Note by Sellmer, 6 December I-855
1940, describing the method
of selection for
euthanasia.

NO-690 Pros. Ex. 120 List of research projects I-259
from the files of the Reich
Research Council.

NO-794 Pros. Ex. 259 Letter from Sievers to Rudolf I-336
Brandt, 27 June 1942,
concerning mustard gas and
its effect on human beings.

NO-807 Pros. Ex. 185 Tank containing formaldehyde I-905-908
for the preservation of
corpses; corpses assembled
in tanks prior to
dissection; corpse showing
incisions in preparation
for dissection. (_See_
selections from
photographic evidence of
the prosecution.)
NO-842 Pros. Ex. 405 Letter from Brack to Dr. I-857
Schlegelberger, 18 April
1941, forwarding forms for
euthanasia and suggesting
that death notifications
should not follow a
stereotyped form.

NO-856 Pros. Ex. 125 Extracts from the review of I-289
the proceedings of the
general military court in
the case of the United
States _vs._ Weiss,
Ruppert, _et al._, held at
Dachau, Germany.

NO-861 Pros. Ex. 232 Affidavit of Sofia Maczka, 16 I-402
April 1946, concerning
experimental operations on
inmates of the Ravensbrueck
concentration camp.

NO-875 Pros. Ex. 230 Affidavit of Mrs. Zdenka I-400
Nedvedova-Nejedla, M.D., of
Prague, concerning
experimental operations
conducted on fellow inmates
in Ravensbrueck
concentration camp.

NO-891 Pros. Ex. 414 Directive of the Reich I-863
Minister of the Interior, 6
September 1944, ordering
euthanasia extended to
insane Eastern workers.

NO-894 Pros. Ex. 38 Fuehrer Decree, 9 June 1942, I-90
concerning the Reich
Research Council.

NO-907 Pros. Ex. 412 Extract from letter from Dr. I-861
Fritz Mennecke to his wife,
25 November 1941,
concerning his activities
as physician selecting
inmates of concentration
camp Buchenwald for
euthanasia.

NO-978 Pros. Ex. 480 Letter from Sievers to I-349
Gluecks, 11 September 1942,
concerning military
scientific research work to
be conducted at Natzweiler
concentration camp.
NO-1007 Pros. Ex. 413 Circular from Gluecks to I-862
concentration camp
commandants, 27 April 1943,
stating that in the future
only insane prisoners
should be used for Action
“14 f 13” (euthanasia).

NO-1080 A, E, F Pros. Ex. 219 Exposures of the witness I-901-902
A, E, F Maria Kusmierczuk who
underwent sulfanilamide and
bone experiments while an
inmate of the Ravensbrueck
concentration camp. (_See_
selections from
photographic evidence of
the prosecution.)

NO-1082 A, C Pros. Ex. 214 Exposures of the witness I-903
A, C Jadwiga Dzido who underwent
sulfanilamide and bone
experiments while an inmate
of the Ravensbrueck
concentration camp. (_See_
selections from
photographic evidence of
the prosecution.)

NO-1135 Pros. Ex. 334 Confirmation, 30 August 1940, I-848
of the transfer of mental
patients with list of
transferred patients
attached.

NO-1424 Pros. Ex. 462 Affidavit of Fritz Friedrich I-676
Karl Rascher, M.D., 31
December 1946, concerning
the life and activities of
Dr. Sigmund Rascher.

NO-1852 Pros. Ex. 456 Extract from report on I-345
medical experiments
addressed to Karl Brandt.

NO-2734 Pros. Ex. 473 Extracts of letter from I-660
Grawitz to Himmler, 7
September 1942, and report
on gas gangrene
experiments.

NO-3963 Pros. Ex. 528 Extracts from affidavit of I-710
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
Tauboeck, 18 June 1947,
concerning the development
of, and experiments with
sterilization drugs.

343-A-PS Pros. Ex. 62 Letter from Milch to Wolff, I-172
20 May 1942, regarding
continuation of
experiments.
343-B-PS Pros. Ex. 70 Letter from Milch to Himmler, I-172
31 August 1942,
acknowledging receipt of
reports by Rascher and
Romberg on high-altitude
experiments.

615-PS Pros. Ex. 246 Letter from Dr. Hilfrich, I-845
Bishop of Limburg, to the
Reich Minister of Justice,
13 August 1941, protesting
against the killing of
mentally ill people.

630-PS Pros. Ex. 330 Letter from Hitler to Karl I-848
Brandt and Bouhler, 1
September 1939, charging
them with the execution of
euthanasia.

1553-PS Pros. Ex. 428 Extract from the field I-865
interrogation of Kurt
Gerstein, 26 April 1945,
describing the mass gassing
of Jews and other
“undesirables”.

1580-PS Pros. Ex. 107 Letter from Himmler to I-253
Rascher, 26 February 1943,
on freezing experiments in
the concentration camps
Auschwitz and Lublin.

1581-A-PS Pros. Ex. 48 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-144
Sievers, 21 March 1942,
concerning Rascher’s
participation in
high-altitude experiments.

1582-PS Pros. Ex. 45 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-143
Rascher, undated, informing
him that prisoners would be
made available for
high-altitude research.

1602-PS Pros. Ex. 44 Letter from Rascher to I-141
Himmler, 15 May 1941,
concerning high-altitude
experiments on human
beings.

1609-PS Pros. Ex. 92 Letter from Himmler to I-244
Rascher, 24 October 1942,
and note by Rudolf Brandt.

1611-PS Pros. Ex. 85 Letter from Himmler to I-221
Rascher and Sievers, 22
September 1942, ordering
rewarming in freezing
experiments through
physical warmth.
1612-PS Pros. Ex. 79 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-176
Rascher, 13 December 1942,
and Himmler’s order
assigning Rascher to
high-altitude experiments.

1613-PS Pros. Ex. 90 Letter from Rascher to I-225
Himmler, 16 October 1942,
transmitting report on
cooling experiments on
human beings (_NO-428_).

1616-PS Pros. Ex. 105 Letter from Rascher to I-249
Himmler, 17 February 1943,
and summary of experiments
for rewarming of chilled
human beings by animal
warmth, 12 February 1943.

1618-PS Pros. Ex. 84 Intermediate report, 10 I-220
September 1942, on intense
chilling experiments in the
Dachau concentration camp.

1619-PS Pros. Ex. 87 Teletype from commandant of I-223
Dachau concentration camp
to Rudolf Brandt, 7 October
1942, stating that four
women would be available
from Ravensbrueck
concentration camp for
Rascher’s experiments.

1696-PS Pros. Ex. 357 Letter from Dr. Conti to the I-849
Mental Hospital in
Kaufbeuren, 16 November
1939, requesting that
questionnaires (attached)
be filled out for
individual patients; letter
from the General Sick
Transport Company to the
Mental Hospital in
Kaufbeuren, 12 May 1941,
stating that the company
would remove mental
patients; report from the
Provincial Association for
Social Welfare in Swabia, 6
May 1941, that all
transferred patients had
died; letter from Gaum, 24
November 1942, to Dr.
Leinisch stating that
epileptics would be made
available for research.

1971-A-PS Pros. Ex. 49 Letter from Rascher to I-144
Himmler, 5 April 1942, and
report, undated, on
high-altitude experiments.
1971-B-PS Pros. Ex. 51 Letter from Himmler to I-148
Rascher, 13 April 1942,
requesting a repetition of
high-altitude experiments
on prisoners condemned to
death.

1971-C-PS Pros. Ex. 50 Letter from Rudolf Brandt to I-147
Rascher, 13 April 1942,
regarding his success with
high-altitude experiments.

1971-D-PS Pros. Ex. 52 Teletype from Rascher to I-149
Rudolf Brandt, 20 October
1942, requesting
clarification on the pardon
granted by Himmler.

1971-E-PS Pros. Ex. 53 Teletype from Rudolf Brandt I-149
to Schnitzler, 21 October
1942, concerning the pardon
granted by Himmler.

3896-PS Pros. Ex. 372 Extract from the affidavit of I-853
Dr. Ludwig Sprauer, 23
April 1946, concerning the
organization of the
Euthanasia Program.

Becker-Freyseng 31 Becker-Freysen Extracts from Harper’s II-65
g Ex. 18 Magazine entitled “Secrets
by the Thousand” by C.
Lester Walker.

Becker-Freyseng 42 Becker-Freysen Affidavit of Dr. Ludwig I-455
g Ex. 29 Harriehausen, 9 January
1947, regarding use of
patients in sea-water
experiments.

Becker-Freyseng 60 Becker-Freysen Statement of Professor Dr. II-95
g Ex. 58 Hans Luxenburger and Dr.
Hans Halbach concerning the
report on experiments on
human beings in world
literature (Becker-Freyseng
60a, Becker-Freyseng Ex.
59).

Becker-Freyseng Becker-Freysen Extracts from report on II-96
60a g Ex. 59 experiments on human beings
in world literature;
excerpts from various
newspapers and medical
weeklies.

Karl Brandt 1 Karl Brandt Extract from “Life” magazine II-95
Ex. 1 concerning malaria
experiments on convicts in
U.S. penitentiaries.

Karl Brandt 12 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Walther I-350
Ex. 11 Scheiber on his efforts to
purchase experimental
animals in Spain and bring
them to Germany.
Karl Brandt 18 Karl Brandt Extracts from the affidavit I-871
Ex. 15 of Dr. Werner Kirchert, 29
January 1947, stating that
Karl Brandt was not
involved in the Euthanasia
Program.

Karl Brandt 19 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Alfred I-872
Ex. 16 Rueggeberg, 23 January
1947, concerning radio
discussions on euthanasia.

Karl Brandt 23 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Eduard Woermann, I-873
Ex. 19 18 January 1947, concerning
discussion of Karl Brandt
and Pastor Bodelschwingh on
euthanasia.

Karl Brandt 101 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Otto Ambros, I-351
Ex. 41 21 April 1947, concerning
the urgency of experiments
in the field of
chemical-warfare agents and
their countermeasures.

Karl Brandt 103 Karl Brandt Affidavit of Dr. Walter I-352
Ex. 42 Mielenz, 21 April 1947,
concerning the assignment
of Karl Brandt in
connection with chemical
warfare.

Karl Brandt 117 Karl Brandt Excerpts from the II-103
Ex. 103 dissertation “Infection
Experiments on Human
Beings” by Alfred Heilbrunn
of the Hygiene Institute of
the Wuerzburg University,
1937, concerning
experiments on human beings
in other countries.

Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from report on the I-377
Oberheuser 1 Fischer, First Conference East of
Oberheuser Ex. Consulting Specialists on
6 18 and 19 May 1942 at the
Military Medical Academy,
Berlin.

Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from report on the I-378
Oberheuser 3 Fischer, Third Conference East of
Oberheuser Ex. Consulting Specialists on
10 24 to 26 May 1943 at the
Military Medical Academy,
Berlin.

Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from “Clinic and I-405
Oberheuser 6 Fischer, Practice”, weekly journal
Oberheuser Ex. for the Practicing
9 Physician, regarding bone
transplantation.

Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-377
Oberheuser 21 Fischer, Karl Friedrich Brunner, 14
Oberheuser Ex. March 1947.
20
Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-407
Oberheuser 21 Fischer, Karl Friedrich Brunner, 14
Oberheuser Ex. March 1945, concerning
20 scientific experiments
conducted at the clinic of
Hohenlychen.

Gebhardt, Fischer, Gebhardt, Extract from affidavit of Dr. I-408
Oberheuser 22 Fischer, Josef Koestler concerning
Oberheuser Ex. Dr. Gebhardt’s activities,
21 27 February 1947.

Rose 11 Rose Ex. 27 Extract from report of I-298
Professor Dr. E.
Gildemeister concerning the
activities of the Robert
Koch Institute—Reich
Institute for the fight
against infectious
diseases.

Rose 16 Rose Ex. 12 Extracts from the affidavit I-581
of Professor Otto Lenz,
director of the Robert Koch
Institute in Berlin.

Rose 46 Rose Ex. 20 Extract from a certified I-582
statement, 4 March 1947, of
J. Oerskov, M.D., director
of the State Serum
Institute in Copenhagen.

Rose 47 Rose Ex. 35 Affidavit of Professor Dr. I-300
Hans Luxenburger, 24 March
1947, concerning Rose’s
interest in therapeutical
malaria treatments.

Rose 50 Rose Ex. 49 Extract from the affidavit of I-302
Professor Dr. Ernst Georg
Nauck, M.D., Hamburg 4,
Bernhard-Nocht-Institute
for nautical and tropical
diseases.

Mrugowsky 115 Mrugowsky Ex. Extracts from the affidavit I-647
108 of Udo Von Woyrsch, 3 May
1947, concerning
experiments on combating
injuries due to phosphorus
incendiary bombs.

Sievers 45 Sievers Ex. 46 Extract from the affidavit of I-752
Dr. Gisela Schmitz, 27
March 1947, on Siever’s
position in the Ahnenerbe
Society and his connection
with the skeleton
collection.

Sievers 54 Sievers Ex. 50 Regulations for the Commandos I-754
(Einsatzkommandos) of the
Security Police and the
Security Service to be
activated in Stalags.
Blome 1 Blome Ex. 8 Extracts from the affidavit I-778
of Dr. Oskar Gundermann, 28
December 1946, stating that
Blome opposed the plan to
exterminate tubercular
Poles and that the plan was
never carried out.

Blome 14 Blome Ex. 6 Extracts from a report on the I-777
German Tuberculosis
Conference of 18 to 20
March 1937, at Wiesbaden.

Pokorny 19 Pokorny Ex. 27 Affidavit of Dr. Helmuth I-874
Weese, 19 March 1947,
concerning use of caladium
seguinum for sterilization.

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Dr. Leo Alexander I-386, 417 Beiglboeck I-468 Blome I-780 Brack I-732, 876 Karl Brandt I-506, 892, 900; II-29 Rudolf Brandt I-183, 757 Jadwiga Dzido I-381 Gebhardt I-388, 667 Dr. Eugen Haagen I-606 Handloser I-265 Dr. Friedrich Hielscher II-30 Karl Hoellenrainer I-456 Dr. Andrew C. Ivy I-994; II-42, 60, 82, 110 Miss Karolewska I-409 Eugen Kogon I-583, 637, 648, 993 Werner Leibbrandt II-80 Dr. Mennecke I-875 Mrugowsky I-595, 651, 688; II-56, 66 Walter Neff I-177, 260 Romberg I-186 Rose I-308, 586, 973; II-69, 77, 118 Schmidt I-890 Schroeder I-269 Sievers I-274, 682 Stoehr I-664 Vieweg I-303 Vollhardt I-474

“_The Milch Case_”

_CASE NO. 2_

MILITARY TRIBUNAL NO. II

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
—_against_—
ERHARD MILCH