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[ ... p. 9079 ] , Dr. Ivy, I am going to request that we go back over the questions concerning the report, Document NO 402, now if you will turn to page 88 of Docu ment [ ... p. 6672 ] on page 89 of document book number 2 which is the report signed by Ruff, Romberg, and Rascher signed the draft thereof, which is document NO-402, and [ ... p. 6681 ] reference to the two reports of Rascher; in your report, Document NO 402, there is evidence your co-workers Rascher and Romberg made a half hearted attempt to [ ... ]

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Evidence Code: NO-402

12 June 1947
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Letter and report to Heinrich Himmler concerning the high altitude experiments

Experiments on Rescue from High Altitudes.

HLSL Item No.: 54

Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)

Evidence Code: NO-402

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 66

Hans W. Romberg

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Han Wolfgang Romberg

German physician; defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1911-1981)

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  • Born: 1911-05-15 (Berlin)
  • Died: 1981-09-06 (Weil am Rhein)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: concentration camp guard; physician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1933-01-01)
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Participant in: Nazi human experimentation; Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Siegfried Ruff (role: colleague); Sigmund Rascher (role: colleague)

Siegfried Ruff

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Siegfried Ruff

German physician; defendant at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1907-1989)

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  • Born: 1907-02-19 (Friemersheim)
  • Died: 1989-04-22 (Bonn)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: aircraft pilot; physician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Fritz Sauter (role: criminal defense lawyer); Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Hans Wolfgang Romberg (role: assistant)
  • Employer: German Aviation Research Institute (role: section chief; since: 1934-01-01); University of Bonn

Sigmund Rascher

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Sigmund Rascher

German Schutzstaffel doctor

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  • Born: 1909-02-12 (Munich)
  • Died: 1945-04-26 (Dachau concentration camp)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: physician; torturer
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Military rank: Hauptsturmführer
  • Military branch: Schutzstaffel (date: 1942-01-01; military rank: Untersturmführer)

29 September 1942
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Cover letter to Himmler and report on the high altitude experiments

Experiments on Rescue from High Altitudes.

HLSL Item No.: 3098

Source of Text: Case Files/English (US or UK)

Evidence Code: NO-402

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 114

Hans W. Romberg

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Han Wolfgang Romberg

German physician; defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1911-1981)

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  • Born: 1911-05-15 (Berlin)
  • Died: 1981-09-06 (Weil am Rhein)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: concentration camp guard; physician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1933-01-01)
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Participant in: Nazi human experimentation; Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Siegfried Ruff (role: colleague); Sigmund Rascher (role: colleague)

Siegfried Ruff

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Siegfried Ruff

German physician; defendant at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1907-1989)

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  • Born: 1907-02-19 (Friemersheim)
  • Died: 1989-04-22 (Bonn)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: aircraft pilot; physician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Fritz Sauter (role: criminal defense lawyer); Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Hans Wolfgang Romberg (role: assistant)
  • Employer: German Aviation Research Institute (role: section chief; since: 1934-01-01); University of Bonn

Sigmund Rascher

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Sigmund Rascher

German Schutzstaffel doctor

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  • Born: 1909-02-12 (Munich)
  • Died: 1945-04-26 (Dachau concentration camp)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: physician; torturer
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Military rank: Hauptsturmführer
  • Military branch: Schutzstaffel (date: 1942-01-01; military rank: Untersturmführer)

22 September 1942
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Cover letter to Himmler and report on the high altitude experiments

Re: Report "Experiments on rescue from high altitudes"

HLSL Item No.: 1688

Source of Text: IMT/NMT Typescript--English

Evidence Code: NO-402

Hans W. Romberg

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Han Wolfgang Romberg

German physician; defendant in the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1911-1981)

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  • Born: 1911-05-15 (Berlin)
  • Died: 1981-09-06 (Weil am Rhein)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: concentration camp guard; physician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1933-01-01)
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung
  • Participant in: Nazi human experimentation; Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Siegfried Ruff (role: colleague); Sigmund Rascher (role: colleague)

Siegfried Ruff

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Siegfried Ruff

German physician; defendant at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1907-1989)

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  • Born: 1907-02-19 (Friemersheim)
  • Died: 1989-04-22 (Bonn)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: aircraft pilot; physician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, defendant)
  • Significant person: Fritz Sauter (role: criminal defense lawyer); Georg August Weltz (role: colleague); Hans Wolfgang Romberg (role: assistant)
  • Employer: German Aviation Research Institute (role: section chief; since: 1934-01-01); University of Bonn

29 September 1942
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