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Letter to Sigmund Rascher conveying Himmler's approval of the use of prisoners for the high altitude experiments
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Authors
Rudolf Emil H. Brandt (SS Obersturmbannfuehrer (Himmler's personal staff))
Rudolf Emil H. Brandt
German civil servant and SS officer, convicted war criminal (1909-1948)
- Born: 1909-06-02 (Frankfurt (Oder))
- Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg Prison)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; lawyer; stenographer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
- Member of: The Ahnenerbe
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: defendant)
- Significant person: Heinrich Himmler (role: adjutant)
Date: May 1941
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-1582
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 462
Document Book No: Prosecution Z: SS
Citation: IMT (page 1849)
HLSL Item No.: 451434
Notes:The Blue Set, vol. 27, p. 348, dates the letter as 23 (?) May 1941.
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… High altitude experiments (IMT,NMT 1, 2, 4)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-1582: Photostat of letter by Brandt to Rascher re: Permission to experiment on arrested people
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-1582: Letter from Himmler’s adjutant Brandt to Dr. Rascher, 23 (?) May 1941: prisoners will be placed at the addressee’s disposal for high altitude aviation research
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-1582: No date - R. Brandt to Rascher stating Himmler gives consent.
No date - Brandt to Rascher stating Himmler gives consent.