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Letter to Oswald Pohl authorizing chemical sterilization experiments

NMT 4

Authors

Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)

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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: 10 March 1942

Defendant: Oswald Pohl

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NO-36

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 240

Document Book No: Prosecution 9

Citation: NMT 4 (page 518)

HLSL Item No.: 4163

Notes:For the proposal of the experiments, see NO 35.

Trial Issues

Sterilization experiments (IMT, NMT 1, 4) Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)…

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NO-36: 10 March 1942 - Himmler to Pohl outlining Pokorny's suggestion and asking him to contact Dr. Madaus who is to be offered the opportunity of experimenting on criminals in cooperation with Grawitz.