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Letter to Heinrich Himmler concerning the freezing experiments

NMT 2

Authors

Erich Hippke (Prof. Dr., Medical Inspector, Luftwaffe)

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Erich Hippke

German physician and chief of Luftwaffe Medical Inspectorate; implicated in Nazi human experimentation (1888-1969)

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Born: 1888-03-07 (Priekule)
Died: 1969-06-10 (Bonn)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: physician
Member of: Pépinière-Corps
Participant in: Milch Trial (date: 1947-02-07; role: witness); Nazi human experimentation (role: proponent)
Significant person: Sigmund Rascher (role: superior)
Military branch: Luftwaffe

Date: 19 February 1943

Defendant: Erhard Milch

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-268

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 120

Document Book No: Prosecution 5

Citations: NMT 2 (page 468), NMT 2 (page 824), NMT 2 (page 1235)

HLSL Item No.: 3104

Trial Issue

Freezing experiments (IMT, NMT 1, 2, 4)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NO-268: Letter from Hippke to Himmler re: End of Chilling experiments at Dachau

NARA NMT Doc Descriptions

NO-268: Letter, Hippke to Himmler.

Doc Book Tables of Contents

NO-268: 19 Feb 43 - Hippke to Himmler thanking him for assistance of the SS in conducting cooling experiments.

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