A. During the first two or three weeks before the experiments were carried out, the experimental subjects received better food in order to get them into the condition of a normal German soldier. Apart from that, none of the prisoners who survived received any advantages, and they were never promised any such thing.
Q. Was an effort made to pick experimental subjects who were in good physical health, that is, comparable to a Wehrmacht soldier?
A. The condition did exist, and as far as was compatible with the other conditions of selection, it was fulfilled.
Q. Mr. Kogon, at the conclusion of yesterday’s session you had explained to us the manner in which experimental subjects were selected for the medical experiments in the Buchenwald camp. Will you tell the Tribunal whether any non-German nationals were experimented on?
A. Among the experimental subjects who had been selected for Block 46, there were not only Germans but also Poles, Russians, and Frenchmen, particularly during the last years.
Q. Were there any prisoners of war experimented on in Block 46 to your knowledge?
A. Yes.