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Letter to Heinrich Himmler concerning the high altitude experiments
NMT 4
Authors
Sigmund Rascher (Dr., SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer)
Sigmund Rascher
German Schutzstaffel doctor
- 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)
Date: 16 April 1942
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-218
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 199
Document Book No: Prosecution 7
Citation: NMT 4 (page 243)
HLSL Item No.: 4102
Notes:This copy of the letter is undated, but other co[pies of NO 218 (and the document book table of contents) provides the date 16 Apr 1942.
Trial Issue
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-218: Letter from Rascher to Himmler re: Low Pressure Chamber Experiments at Dachau
NARA NMT Doc Descriptions
NO-218: Letter, Rascher to Himmler.
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NO-218: 16 April 1942 - Rascher to Himmler detailing other experiments.
16 Apr 42 - Rascher to Himmler describing experiments in which Wagner died.
16 April 42 - Rascher to Himmler detailing other experiments.