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Letter to Erhard Milch concerning the high altitude and freezing experiments
NMT 2
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: November 1942
Defendant: Erhard Milch
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: PS-1617
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 111
Document Book No: Prosecution 5
Citations: NMT 2 (page 442), NMT 2 (page 1260)
HLSL Item No.: 3095
Trial Issues
Administration & organization (all cases) High altitude experiments (IMT,NMT 1, 2, 4) Freezing experiments (IMT, NMT 1, 2, 4)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1617: Letter from Himmler to Milch re: freezing experiments
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1617: Secret letter from Himmler to Milch, 13 (?) November 1942, requesting the transfer of Dr. Rascher from the Luftwaffe to the Ss, in order that the latter’s chilling experiments May be carried out without hindrance and on Himmler’s responsibility
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1617: Nov. 42 - draft of letter Himmler to Milch discussing morality of Rascher's experiments and asking for low pressure chamber. Wants Rascher released from Luftwaffe.
Nov 42 - Himmler to Milch requesting Rascher's release from Luftwaffe and for use of low pressure chamber.