d. Evidence
| Prosecution Documents | |||
| Pros. | |||
| Doc. No. | Ex. No. | Description of Document | Page |
| 1602-PS | 44 | Letter from Rascher to Himmler, 15 May 1941, concerning high-altitude experiments on human beings. | [141] |
| 1582-PS | 45 | Letter from Rudolf Brandt to Rascher, undated, nforming him that prisoners would be made available for high-altitude research. | [143] |
| 1581-A-PS | 48 | Letter from Rudolf Brandt to Sievers, 21 March 1942, concerning Rascher’s participation in high-altitude experiments. | [144] |
| 1971-A-PS | 49 | Letter from Rascher to Himmler, 5 April 1942, and report, undated, on high-altitude experiments. | [144] |
| 1971-C-PS | 50 | Letter from Rudolf Brandt to Rascher, 13 April 1942, regarding his success with high-altitude experiments. | [147] |
| 1971-B-PS | 51 | Letter from Himmler to Rascher, 13 April 1942, requesting a repetition of high-altitude experiments on prisoners condemned to death. | [148] |
| 1971-D-PS | 52 | Teletype from Rascher to Rudolf Brandt, 20 October 1942, requesting clarification on the pardon granted by Himmler. | [149] |
| 1971-E-PS | 53 | Teletype from Rudolf Brandt to Schnitzler, 21 October 1942, concerning the pardon granted by Himmler. | [149] |
| NO-218 | 56 | Letter from Rascher to Himmler, 16 April 1942, reporting on high-altitude experiments with fatal results and on experiments conducted together with Romberg. | [150] |
| NO-264 | 60 | File note for SS Obersturmfuehrer Schnitzler, 28 April 1942. | [151] |
| NO-220 | 61 | Letter from Rascher to Himmler, 11 May 1942, and secret report concerning high-altitude experiments. | [152] |
| NO-402 | 66 | Letter, 29 September 1942, and report, 28 July 1942, from Romberg and Ruff to Himmler concerning experiments on rescue from high altitudes. | [155] |
| 343-A-PS | 62 | Letter from Milch to Wolff, 20 May 1942, regarding continuation of experiments. | [172] |
| 343-B-PS | 70 | Letter from Milch to Himmler, 31 August 1942, acknowledging receipt of reports by Rascher and Romberg on high-altitude experiments. | [172] |
| NO-289 | 72 | Letter from Hippke to Himmler, 8 October 1942, thanking the latter for his assistance in high-altitude experiments in Dachau. | [173] |
| NO-224 | 76 | Note by Romberg on showing of film in office of State Secretary Milch and proposed report to Milch, 11 September 1942. | [174] |
| 1612-PS | 79 | Letter from Rudolf Brandt to Rascher, 13 December 1942, and Himmler’s order assigning Rascher to high-altitude experiments. | [176] |
| NO-610 | 41 | Inmates of the Dachau concentration camp in different stages of simulated altitude in the low-pressure chamber; postmortem dissections of experimental subjects who died from the effects of high-altitude experiments. (See Selections from Photographic Evidence of the Prosecution.) | [898] |
| Testimony | |||
| Extracts from the testimony of tribunal witness Walter Neff | [177] | ||
| Extracts from the testimony of defendant Rudolf Brandt | [183] | ||
| Extracts from the testimony of defendant Romberg | [186] | ||
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1602-PS
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 44
LETTER FROM RASCHER TO HIMMLER, 15 MAY 1941, CONCERNING HIGH-ALTITUDE EXPERIMENTS ON HUMAN BEINGS
[Stamp]
Sigmund Rascher, M. D.
Personal Staff Reich Leader SS
Archives File No. Secret/58
Munich, Trogerstrasse 56, 15 May 1941