Download Page

Letter to Himmler proposing experiments at Sachsenhausen on phosphorus burn treatments, and Himmler's approval

Authors

Ernst Grawitz (Dr., Lt. Gen. Waffen-SS, Reich Physician SS)

See more details

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

Rudolf Emil H. Brandt (SS Obersturmbannfuehrer (Himmler's personal staff))

See more details

Rudolf Emil H. Brandt

German civil servant and SS officer, convicted war criminal (1909-1948)

Born: 1909-06-02 (Frankfurt (Oder))
Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg Prison)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: jurist; lawyer; stenographer
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
Member of: The Ahnenerbe
Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: defendant)
Significant person: Heinrich Himmler (role: adjutant)

Date: 30 September 1943

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-1620

Citations: NMT 1 (page 2646), NMT 1 (page 10557)

HLSL Item No.: 2284

Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Barbara Pinion on 6 Jan 1947. Items: Grawitz to Himmler, 30 Sep; Brandt (for Himmler) to Grawitz, 7 Oct 1943.

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-1620: a) Memorandum from Dr. Grawitz to Himmler on proposed medical experiments b) R. Brandt's reply for Himmler