The letterhead is that of the Institute for Military Scientific Research, Dachau 3 K.
"Dear Dr. Graue.
"Referring to our conversation of today I beg to answer briefly your questions concerning Polygal.
"1.) Extracted slices of sugar beat, apple-pectin as well as Dextrose are used as basic material.
"2.) Aim of Polygal, Hemostatic remedy in tablet form, especially useful as a prophylactic hemostyptic. Very important for air crows, actions by shock troops etc. Briefly expressed, adventageous in cases where there is a long period of time between being wounded and having the wound dressed.
"3.) Advantages that cannot be secured by other hemostyptics are, the tabletsform, (no Breakable capsules), very simple application: merely let it melt in the mouth and swallow it slowly, lasting effect, 4 - 6 hours, non sensitivity of the remedy to temperature changes.
"4.) The remedy is absolutely non-toxic and can therefore be taken frequently without risk of injury. (Absolutely no danger of thrombosis or embolism "5.) The price of the ready produced on a large scale works out cheaper than that of those hemostyptics at the present on the market, thus the price question is of no consequence in practice.
"With kind regards "Heil Hitler!"R. (followed by "Si" later crossed out)".This document indicates the close contact between the Institute Ahnenerbe and the Reich Research Council, and they all fit in together.
The problems were discussed among the members of both organizations, and the continuation of further programs of these experimentations.
The Document on Page 23 of your Honor's Document Book, Document No. 616, which is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 244, is a note from the defendant Sievers, dated 10 February 1940.
"Note "Subject:
Publication RASCHER HAFERKANP in the Munich Medical Weekly."
This refers to a report I read a few moments ago, which is Document No.431 "On the occasion of my presence in Munich at the beginning of January, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Rascher and Dr. Haferkamp informed me about the publication of an article which they wrote together and which they planned for the Munich Medical Weekly.
Dr. Rascher received the necessary authorization from me, as he had left the Luftwaffe and had not yet been taken over by the Waffen-SS and thus had to obtain the authorization from the competent office, namely the "Ahnenerbe". The article planned was also known to the deputy Reichsaerztefuehrer, SA-Gruppenfuehrer Professor Dr. Blome and had met with his approval".
On the margin you will note? "On 15 January I spoke about this to Blome.
"Dr. Haferkamp declare that he did not need an authorization as he was leaving the Waffen-SS. On 31 January 1944, a discussion took place between SS Standartenfuehrer Dr. Lolling, SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Rascher and myself. in the course of which Dr. Haferkamp was mentioned. On that occasion, it was discovered that Dr. Haferkamp had not yet left and certainly had to have the authorization of the Reichsarzt-SS for the publication. Following this discussion, I immediately sent this teletype to the Munich Medical Weekly: "Publication RASCHER-HAFERKAMP must by no means take place as HAFERKAMP without prescribed authorization.'
"On 4 February 1944, I was informed by SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Rascher that the publication had already taken place when my teletype was received.
"SIEVERS "SS-Standartenfuehrer".Document No. 614, which is offered as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 245, is a letter from Dr. Grawitz, who is complaining about the publication of this report.
He severely opposed the publication of this report as he deems it very essential to keep it a secret. This is addressed to:
"SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Rascher.
"Re.: Your article in No. 3/4 of the Munich Medical Weekly of 28 January 1944.
"In the Munich Medical Weekly No. 3/4 of 23 January 1944, there is an article 'Polyal 10' a haemostyotic to be taken per os by Dr. Rascher and Dr. Haferkamp. 'Dachau 3 K' is indicated as the address and human experimental subjects are mentioned in the article.
"The publication of scientific treatises is subject to the granting of the authorization to print by the senior professional authority (for SS-physician the Reich Physician SS and Police) as well as by the High Command of the Wehrmacht.
"This subjection to censorship is also known to the editorial offices of professional periodicals.
"You are requested to let us know why you did not apply for the necessary consent for publication.
"Heil Hitler!
"signed: Grawitz."
We turn now to the next Document, Document No. -
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will recess.
(A recess was taken until 1330 hours.)
AFTERNOON SESSION (The hearing reconvened at 1330 hours, 2 January 1947.)
THE MARSHALL: All will rise.
MR. HARDY: May it please the Tribunal, we turn now to Page 26 of the English Document book. This is document No. 615, which is offered as Prosecution Exhibit No. 246. This is another letter registering an objection to the Rascher Report; this letter was written by SS-Obergruppenfuehrer POHL, Chief of the Waffen-SS, addressed to Rascher, and reads as follows:
"Dear Rascher, In the Munich Medical Weekly Journal of 28 January 1944, you published an article about 'Poligal 10' I deem it necessary that in future publications you avoid carefully everything which could induce people who are familiar with the subject (and one must always consider that such people exist) to the conclusion that experiments on prisoners are involved.
This is possible from various passages in the above mentioned article. It is paramount that you do not use 'Dachau 3 K' as the authors address."
Heil Hitler!
Yours P (initial for POHL)
MR. HARDY: Copy went to the Defendant Rudolf Brandt and the Defendant Wolfram Sievers. Here, we see the unspeakable POHL, worrying about the consequences of the Act!
We turn now, to Document No. 656, on page 31 of your Document Book, your Honor, which is offered as Prosecution No. 247. This is a four page document dealing with POLYGAL. The letter contains a reference to matters of different origin. On the first page, 29, the file has a statement in regards to the assignment of S. RASCHER MD. by the Reich Research Council: It has the date: 8 May 1944. Over to the left appears "The Reichsfuehrer-SS Personal Staff Office 'Ahnenerbe', and in the center the word 'SUMMARY' and then the words: "SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer S. RASCHER MD. was assigned the following research tasks by the Reich Research Council:
1.) On 4 October 1943 Journal No. rf 1157/43 g Codeword:
'Rewarming Humans' Research ordered:
1.) Rewarming after general freezing of the human body.
2.) Recovery from partial freezing, especially of the extremities.
3.) Adaptation to cold of the human body variously nourished to establish whether an increase of resistance against freezing can be attained. Priority SS.
Wehrmacht order number: SS 4891-0328 (1879/15)-III/43
2.) On 23 February 1944 Journal No. Rf 3717/44 g Codeword:
'Polygal' Research task for the development of production methods for the preparation of the humostat Polygal."
MR. HARDY: Continuing on: "Priority SS/44 Wehrmacht order number SS 4118/0391/44 Rf 2829 Point 11 as an addition to the task Procurement of supplies etc.
has a priority rating SS 4950 (Group 1).(Signature illegible SS-Pbersturnfuerer"
MR. HARDY: We turn to the next page. This is a letter written by Dr. KAHR, at Dachau, written in the Dachau Hospital, to RASCHER, dated 10 December 1943, and the subject "Administering 'Polygal' upon amputation of the thigh of a 40 years old male patient. It is addressed to:
"To:
Stabsarzt Dr. RASCHER Dachau"
MR. HARDY: This is obviously the same one, referred to in the report. (Reading) "On 10 December 1943 the effectiveness of 'Polygal' in the case of the amputation of the thigh was tested. The drug was administered 45 minutes before the operation per os and was placed in the patient's mouth to be dissolved.
A blood-transfusion of 500 com had been made the previous day in preparation for the operation. Blood pressure on the day of the operation was 130/80.
As regards the effectiveness of 'Polygal' one can say that it was absolutely evident how little the tissues bled. After the first rush of blood from the vessels which had been cut when completely emptied of bleed, no more bleeding occurred after this first issuing of accumulated blood, so that it was not necessary to apply any ligatures to the surface of the muscles and the fatty tissues, or the subcutaneous tissues, as had always been the case with other amputations. The effectiveness of 'Polygal' must in this case be described as complete."
MR. HARDY: Signed by "The First Camp Physician Concentration Camp Dachau.
Dr. Kahr.
Court.No. 1
MR. HARDY: We turn to the next page, 31, still the same document, No. 656, which is another letter from Dr. Karr to Rascher. This letter I won't bother to read. I will merely mention it in passing, as it also substantially contains the information in the report.
In order to consummate the production of polygal various arrangements are being made by Standartenfuehrer Sievers, as we will see in document No. 757, page 33 of your Honors' document book, which will be offered at this time as Prosecution Exhibit No. 248. It is a letter from Sievers to Walter Neff, a witness who has testified before this Tribunal, dated the 26th of May, 1944:
"I have received and read with interest your report on 15 May, 1944. If we can continue to work in the Nicolodi factory until the end of August or perhaps longer, that would be the most favorable solution.
"I ask that you make it a point to send a copy of all reports, which you believe it necessary to send directly to me, to SS Hauptsturnfuehrer Dr. Poetner, who is the competent Department head.
Heil Hitler, (signature) Sievers" That was a letter from Walter Neff when he was up in the Black Forest to establish a factory for the production of polygal.
Now we come to page 34 of Your Honers' document book. This has been previously introduced as Prosecution Exhibit No. 123, and is document 3546-PS, Sievers' Diary for 1944. There are some entries in here which are quite significant in this regard, and I wish to call to the Tribunal's attention at this time, and you will note on page 34, the first entry of 5 January:
"SS Hstuf. Dr. Rascher and Dr. Haferkamp: Work on Eigenblutbehandlung (Own blood treatment)" This obviously referred to polygal in the report which has been written by these two gentlemen and which has been referred to previously.
We turn now to the entry of 9 January, approximately in the middle of the page. On the 9th of January we see entry No. 3:
"Report on conference SS Ogruf. Pohl in connection with production of polygal."
Next we turn to page 35 of Your Honors' document book, at the top of the page, entry No. 5, under date 22 January, the very first entry on the page:
"5. Generator car for production of polygal, Lustenau-Schlachtors."
Now we come to the 28th of January, and I wish to note in passing, the mention of the initials RFR, which are the initials for Reich Research Council.
"1. Research Department of the Waffen SS "2. Collaboration with Institute R (Rascher) Dauchau "Work on Rascher proposals for polygal production."
And we turn now to the next day, 29 January, item No. 6:
"Reasearch instructions and top priority for polygal.
"7. Name of polygal.
"8. Supplies and prerequisites for polygal production: discussion on the basis of Rascher's report of 21 January.
"9. Requisition for the production of a pectin lotion by Dr. Ploetner."
And we turn now to the next significant entry on the 31 January, No. 3:
"Stop collaboration with Dr. Haferkamp" which refers to the document introduced previously, and entry No. 2, under SS Stubaf. Faelschlein:
"2. Giving leave of absence to prisoners for polygal production." which obviously refers to leave of absence granted to prisoners such as waiter Neff and other personnel needed for the work in the Black Forest concerning the production of this blood coagulator.
And the next one:
"Giving leave of absence to prisoners. Discussion in connection with polygal production."
And another interesting item, the next item on the page for 1 February:
"Reich Research Council (RFR) Dr. Graue - Dr. Rascher:" which has been referred to in the document I have just presented:
"Production of polygal as War Economy Industry of the Reich Research Council. Discussion of necessary supplies. Top priority, requisition forms, etc."
I thought we might note in passing the item under 2 February, on page 36, which doesn't have any connection with the polygal production, but you will see it is an item which is very interesting:
Met Professor Bickehbach in Karlsruhe, and he advises that he has put his research work under the central of General Commissioner, Prof. Dr. Brandt," which clearly indicates that these Commissioners were fully aware of all research problems in the medical world of Germany, and again it is followed through on the same day by a discussion with SS Hstuf. Hirt:
"1. Prof. Dr. Bichenbach, without instructions from Hirt and Prof. Stein, contacted General Commissioner Prof. Dr. Brandt concerning the phosgen experiments and was in Natzweiler with him. Commission is to be withdrawn, for our part Natzweiler to be closed."
which clearly indicates it was one of his projects, and here is Professor Karl Brandt visiting Natzweiler concentration camp where most of the experiments were conducted.
We turn now to page 37 of Your Honors' document Book, an entry under 22 February, following the top of the page on down until you get to the item. No. 3:
"SS Stubaf. Dr. Rascher-"
and there are several entries here:
"d. Supply questions for production of polygal."
The last entry is rather amusing in so far as he notes Rascher took blood from the finger tips of inmates.
"e. Experiments Professor Blome" and the next entry:
"f. Polygal report to SS Gruppenfuehrer Prof. Dr. Gobhardt."
That has been mentioned in the document I mentioned this morning.
And the next entry:
"g) SS Ostuf. Eben as manager of pelygal manufacture."
And the next two entries concern the work on Lost, and the next entry under L:
"1) Success report on polygal."
And we note the next entry, 24 February:
"personal Staff Ress:
"2. SS Stubaf. F. Elschlein:
Ress order of 18 February, thoroughly discussed for information SS Hstuf. Dr. Rascher and Prof. Blome."
Now here we definitely have Professor Blome.
In the next entry under 25 February, the last item:
"Prof. Blome (by telephone): Advised of RESS order concerning his work at Dachau and collaboration with Rascher," which seems to in indicate to me that his work was a little bit more than a casual visit and chat with the notorious Rascher, and again the next entry of 28 February:
"Reich Research Council: (R*R): Dr. Graue arranged a discussion with Prof. Thiessen, Prof. Blome, Dr. Rascher.
"Commssioning of Dr. Rascher to do Research. Experimentation plan Borchers. Introduction of discussion of L Research."
And then the last entry on the page, under 8 March: Here we have Neff reports on possibility to initiate polygal production (about 3000 daily) at Hoefelmayer, Schlachters, if factory is ceded for four months.
We turn now the the next page, Your Honors', page 38, the entry under 22 March. Naturally, that is SS Rstuf. Dr. Rascher:
"Bursiness discussion, among other things polygal production. Results of experiments with agar capsules. Preparations for freezing experiments during the winter months 44/45. Demand for prisoner command for Schlachters" We turn now to the entry of 23 March, the second paragraph, under 2000 to 2200:
"Discussion with SS Hstuf. Dr. Rascher, among other things compilation of reports on success with polygal".
The next entry, the 24th of March:
"Arrival Lustenau:
Here is Dr. Rascher of the Ahnenerbe Sievers concerning himself with the availability of quarters for places of manufacture, and we have the next entry:
"Arrival Bregenz:
which you will recall we referred to in one of the documents presented this morning:
"Summing up conference with SS Hstuf. Dr. Rascher, Neff, Bromm and Felix.
"Arrangements for beginning undertaking at Schlachters and final declining of Lustenau. Instructions for buying of steam, cauldrons and machines."
And we have an entry of 31 March:
"Reich Research Council:
"Polizeirottwachtmeister Neff delivers histories of patients under polygal treatment and reports.
"1. Schlachters command will begin 4 April 1944.
"2. SS Hstuf. Dr. Ploetner can take ever control experiments since SS Hstuf. Dr. Rascher is not presently in a position to do so.
"3. Building of barracks at Schlachters not necessary if daily output of 2-3000 table st will suffice for the present."
We turn now to the next page, Your Honors', page 39, in the middle of the page under date 14 April, between the hours of 1315-1500 station Rascher:
"Station Rascher:
Status of work. Future work. Orders for continuation to the present. SS Hauptmannsturmbannfuchrer. Dr. Ploettner instructed:
Host pressing task: polygal tests. Instructions re continuations of Punzengruber work. Neff reports Meat polygal manufacture at Schlacters is assured for three months. Felix reports on experience in manufacture and on first results obtained at Schlacters.
You might note that under the same date the last entry: "Reich Medical Association, Prof. Dr. Blome: Continuation of research work with Dr. Rascher "referring to experiments with radium in connection with the cancer research conducted under the auspices of Dr. Blome. Turn to the next page 40 beginning at the top of the page: "Neutron experiments, Prof. Dr. Blome." We have under the entry 26 April 1700 hours, the third paragraph under the 26th of April:
"Prof. Blome (by telephone) "1. Personal report to RFSS requested on neutron experiments.
2. Possible employment of Rascher in Messelstedt would first require three month's study of bacteriology."
We turn now to the next to the last entry on this page under 10th of May. "Reich Research Council:
Dr. Graube: Transfer of research work from Dr. Rascher to Dr. Ploettner.
Rejection cf polygal and pectin by Crampe."
The next entry:
"SS Hauptsturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ploettner (by telephone)" and the next is "(b)":
"As a result of arrest of Felix production at Schichters has to be stopped.
(c) Arrangement for joint report to Reichsarzt SS."
If the Tribunal will turn to the next page you see another entry:
"23 May. SS Hauptsturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ploettner:
Report on Polygal.
Still under the same date we move down to the middle of the page and we see the entry:
"No. 3. SS Sturmbannfuehrer Falschlein:
Development Felix-Punzengruber-Rascher," the gentlemen that worked on this production. Then we have under 26 May the name of Dr. Graue appearing again. "Pectin research." We have another entry:
"SS Hauptmannsturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ploettner."
"No. 2. Pectin research at the Institute for German Eastern Research, Krakau".
That Research Institution was under the defendant Handloser that we referred to previously in the course of this presentation. Then the last entry four under Ploettner:
"Change of name of blood coagulating material from polygal to styptogal or styptoral."
And the last entry is quite an illuminating bit of information, your Honor:
"To Dachau with SS Hauptmannsturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ploettner and SS Unterscharfuehrer Eben.
1. Instructions and initiation of SS Untersharfuehrer Eben 2. Answer of inquiry concerning polygal from Prof.
Rostock by order of the deputy of the General Commissioner for Medical and Health Hatters.
Obviously Karl Brandt. Here then was Karl Brand's Medical Service for Science and Research headed by the defendant Rostock appearing in an inquiry concerning polygal in production indicating clearly well to us that all information of these matters could be and was made available to the Office of the Reich Commissir ncr of the Health and Medical Platters. Turn to the next page 42, the entry of 15 June:
"SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl:
1. Production of polygal and settlement with Felix."
Down at the bottom of the page I might show in passing there on the entry of 27 June, Item No. 16, the visit of the SS Obergruppenfuehrer Conti to the Entomological Institute.
There's Conti appearing for Blome familiarizing himself with the surroundings concerning these criminal experiments. Turn now to the next page 43 in the middle cf the page, 1415 to 1614 hours. We note another entry.
"Pectin in connection with Glutamin-acid yields an unequivocal effect."
The Tribunal will please turn to the next page 44; at the top of the page the entry:
"24 July. Prof. Blome (by telephone) By effective substance in blood coagulating material:
Dyckerhoff's view confirmed, that not pectin alone but acid is effective."
The entry under 11 August:
"Special questions Entomological Institute:
"Special tasks Prof. Blome do not permit of any curtailment."
That's an entry quite confusing, your honor. What does that mean?
"Special tasks Prof. Blome do not permit of any curtailments."
The next entry:
"SS Brigadefuehrer Menzel and Prof. Blome.
Discussion of secret special tasks."
We turn now to the entry of 24 August of the same page:
"24 August. SS Hauptmannsturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ploettner:
Noticeable healing qualities of a new pectin powder clinical testing to follow. Item No. 4."
Please turn to the next page, your Honor, page 45. He see under the middle of the page the entry of 6 October.
"Reich Research Council." "SS Dr. Ploettner."
Turn to Item No. 2:
"Registry Stuctoral as trade mark".
That's a now name they have created for polygal which is now to receive a trade mark. Turn now to the entry under 11 October under the second paragraph.
"1605 to 1640. Lindenstrasse:
Conference with Prof. Dr. Blome:
4. Questions concerning various special research and experimental matters."
21 October on the next page, your honor, Item No. 32 again mentions the status of the Strypteral control work. We turn now this time -- this completes the presentation of the blood coagulation documents. I want to call the attention of the Tribunal that we have here established by the affidavit of Pohl and the statements of the witnesses that experiments on human beings were carried out and death followed as a natural result of the use of the polygal drugs. Dr. Sievers well outlined and all of the material in this diary indicates clearly the entire program and the interest of all of the parties concerned: the Wehrmacht, the Reich Research Council and the SS. At this time Mr. Shiller, my associate, will present the documentary evidence of the phlegmon experiments.
MR. SHILLER: The so-called Phlegmon Experiments were conducted at Dachau Concentration Camp in 1942 and 1943. The experimentees were Catholic clergymen who were involuntarily exposed to these experiments I now ask the Tribunal to turn to Page 48 of the document book.
This is Document NO-856 which was previously introduced as Prosecution Exhibit 125. If the Tribunal will look at the last paragraph on Page 48 I shall now proceed to read it.
"A third type of experiment was the so-called phlegmon experiments which were conducted in 1942 and 1943 on orders of Himmler."
The words "Himmler" and the numbers, in parenthesis, 141, 184, 319, have been inadvertently omitted in restenciling this document.
"The purpose was to prove that the worst diseases could be treated by biochemical methods (Record 307). The first trial was performed without a doctor (Record 307). Healthy people were selected and infected with the pus of a phflegmon diseased person (Record 141, 307). Phflegmon, which is a disease of the tissue, causes inflammation, is pus-forming and may destroy organs in the body (Record 141, 768). It is not necessarily localized at the place of infection (Record 186). If the infection is too strong or the organism too weak, a general blood poisoning ensues (Record 141). Phflegmon causes great pain (Record 141). The prisoners utilized for this experiment were primarily priests of all nationalities, none of whom had volunteered (Record 141, 308), After the infection, the victims were not treated for three or four days until the infections had formed (Record 142). They were then given sulphanilamide injections. body, chemicals (pills of calcium phosphate) or subjected to surgical operations (Record 142, 185, 308). Many died and others became invalids. (Record 142, 375, 376). The experiments wore conducted from the summer of 1943 until the spring of 1944 (Record 308)."
I now ask the Tribunal to turn to Page 57.
In passing, I also call the attention of the Tribunal to the testimony of the Witnesses Stoerr and Viehweg on Pages 431 and 578 respectively in the Transcript. The Witnesses Stoerr and Viehweg well established the fact that numerous deaths occurred as a direct result of these experiments.
The Witnesses Stoerr clearly stated that 50% of the phlegmon experimentees were treated with sulphanilamide and the other 50% treated with bio-chemical medicaments. Stoerr's testimony with regard to the phlegmon experiments may be found on pages 578 to 584 of the Transcript.
I now offer in evidence Document NO-409 as Prosecution Exhibit 249. This is a report from Grawitz to the Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler, dated 29 August 1942. Your Honors, there is a typographical mistake here. It should not be 1943 in the document but 1942.
"Reichsfuehrer:
"With regards to previous results of bio-chemical treatment of sepsis and other cases of illness I beg to submit the following provisional report.
"1. The following 40 cases were treated with bio-chemical remedies in the SS hospital Dachau in the time mentioned in the report. Besides septic processes, such diseases were treated, where a decisive change for the better should be achieved by means of bio-chemistry.
"Phlegmonous-Purulent processes........................17 Sepsis.
............................................. 8 Furnucles and abcesses.
............................... 2 Infected operational incisions.
........................ 1 Malaria.
.............................................. 5 Pleural emphema.
...................................... 3 Septic Endocarditis.
................................... 1 Nephrosis.
............................................. 1 Chronical sciatica.
.................................... 1 Gall-stones.
........................................... 1 "According to the indications of the bio-chemistry applied to the different cases we used the following remedies:
"Potassium phosphoricum D 6 Ferrum phosphoricum D 6 and D 12 Silicea D 6 Sodium Muraticum D 6 Calcium phosphoricum D 6 Sodium sulfuricum D 6 Magnesium phosphoricum D 6 Sodium phosphoricum D 6 Calcium fluoratum D 6 "The cases of sepsis were mostly artificially provoked.
"Up to now we found, that the unfavorable course of the severe cases could scarcely be stopped by means of bio-chemical remedies. All sepsis cases died. The Malaria cases were not influenced by it.
"The cases of extended purulent processes, with development of abscesses the pleuralempyeata, the septic endocarditis, the Nephrosis, the chronical sciatica and the gall stones showed no definite influence from bio-chemical treatment. In as far as they were conducted with positive results they did not show a different result from the ones, where, according to medical experience, patients were restricted to stay in bed without receiving any special treatment.
"The impression of affavorable effect on morbid cases of sickness by bio-chomical means proved to be satisfactory in 5 cases only, 4 of which were comparatively slight. The 5th case involved a 17 days' old child with severe furunculosis. In this case an improvement set in only a few days after treatment had been applied. However, an error occurred in the experimental procedure, for at the beginning of the treatment a sulfonamide preparation, was used.
"The strong formation of pus, clearly noticeable in a few cases, is perhaps due to the bio-chemical remedies applied.
"The frequently given doses of sugar which mainly consist of pure milk sugar in the form of bio-chomical tablets probably promoted the effect.
"Experiments for orientation are to be made. In a case of a joint mould the antiseptic potassium phosphoricum D 6 was given as a prophylactic because the incision of the operation was greatly endangered by infection.
In spite of that the temperature rose up to 39° on the following day. Conthe bio-chemical treatment could not prevent appearance or breaking out of an infection, although potassium phosphoricum D 6 was given immediately and intensively.
"It is also to be noted, that very soon all the seriously ill cases flatly refused to take bio-chemical tablets, because it meant a torture to them, to take the tablets every 5 minutes, even at night.
"Finally it must be said, that from a total number of 40 cases there are 1 positive case and 4 positive cases with certain reservations, contrary to 35 failures of which 10 ended fatally.
"The experiments in Dachau are being continued.
"Besides the hitherto existing program special attention is directed to research of twin cases in similar conditions, of which one will receive an allopathical, the second a bio-chemical treatment.
"(1. marginal note: read: Ravensbrueck 3-9-1942 signature: K. Gebhardt)."
Here we find the Defendant Gebhardt fully cognizant of the work being conducted at Dachau on phlegmon experiments.
"2. In the concentration camp of Auschwitz three typical cases of sepsis, which developed from phlegmons, were treated - according to prescription - with Potassium phosphoricum D 4. In none of these cases a therapeutical influence on the progress of the disease could be observed. All 3 cases ended fatally.
"The experiments are being continued.
(Signature) Grawitz" If the Tribunal please, we will now pass on to the next document as this document is self-explanatory and seems to need no comment.
The next document is Document NO-408 which the Prosecution offers in evidence as Prosecution Exhibit 250. This is a letter from one Theodor Laue, former Senator SS Standartenfuehrer. This Theodor Laue would seem to be the same Standartenfuehrer Laue who is given in the testimony of the Witness Stoerr on Page 578 of the Transcript as a visitor at Dachau in the late summer or fall of 1943 at which time Laue inspected the surgical department, inspected the phlegmon wounds and seems to have given orders with respect to treatment.
THE PRESIDENT: Counsel, one of these document books furnished the Tribunal appears to be defective. It seems to lack this document on Page 60. It lacks several pages.
MR. SHILLER: Lacks Document NO-408, your Honor?
JUDGE SEBRING:NO-408 is here, Counsel, but it is on Page 65.
MR. SHILLER: Sorry, I didn't hear your Honor.
JUDGE SEBRING:NO-408 is here but it is at Page 65. What do you have ahead of Page 65?
MR. SHILLER: I have Document NO-409, your Honor,
JUDGE SEBRING: Perhaps I can straighten it out. You may go right ahead.
MR. SHILLER: This is a letter from Theodor Laue to the defendant Rudolf Brandt dated 12 September 1942.
"Dear Comrade Dr. Brandt:
"In compliance with your suggestion a conference took place yesterday with Gruppenfuehrer Professor Dr. Grawitz, which, like all previous conferences, took a very satisfactory course.
"The treatment of dysentary in aid stations and dispensaries, as I had it in mind, would, in the opinion of Gruppenfuehrer Dr. Grawitz, neither serve the forces nor the scientific research work which we are carrying out I cannot but fully endorse the reasons given by the Gruppenfuehrer. It has been planned now that cases of dysentary will be treated clinically and with the competent bio-chemical remedies back home. A practical elucidation of this problem should thereby be achieved soon.
"Furthermore I would like to pass on to you the following information.
"From the beginning the Gruppenfuehrer and I shared the opinion, that the experimental work, practised on an extraordinary large scale at Dachau, would be handicapped to a considerable extent, due to the absence of any medical attendance and observation on the part of a physician who is well versed in biochemical treatment.