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Letter to Rudolf Brandt concerning Dr. Hirt's scientific research and the Jewish skeleton collection

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Wolfram Sievers (administrator of Ahnenerbe Society; Reich Research Council)

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Wolfram Sievers

German Managing Director of the NS Association German Ancestral Heritage (Ahnenerbe) (1905-1948)

Born: 1905-07-10 (Hildesheim)
Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg Prison)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: managing director; official
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1929-01-01)
Member of: Schutzstaffel (since: 1935-01-01)
Participant in: Nazi human experimentation (location: Dachau concentration camp); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-01-20; role: affiant, defendant, witness)
Significant person: Helmut Poppendick (role: colleague); Kurt Wehlte

August Hirt (Prof. Dr., Director of Anatomy, Univ. of Strassburg)

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August Hirt

German anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945)

Born: 1898-04-29 1898-04-28 (Mannheim)
Died: 1945-06-02 (Schluchsee)
Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Switzerland
Occupation: anatomist; concentration camp guard; physician; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Militant League for German Culture; Q15433012
Military rank: Sturmbannführer
Employer: Goethe University Frankfurt; Heidelberg University; University of Greifswald

Date: 09 February 1942

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-85

Citations: NMT 1 (page 695), NMT 1 (page 1037), NMT 1 (page 4897)

HLSL Item No.: 1046

Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Henry Sachs on 8 August 1946.

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NO-85: 9 Feb 42 - Sievers to R. Brandt enclosing a report by Hirt in which he suggests a collection of skulls for the U. of Strasbourg to be obtained from Jewish commissars captured alive.