Q. Were any of these experimental subjects prisoners of war?
A. Yes.
Q. What nationalities were they? Do you recall?
A. They were Russians.
Q. Now, will you tell the Tribunal how these experimental subjects were selected?
A. The experimental subjects who had to be subjected to severe experiments, experiments that would end in death, were requested by Rascher from the camp administration and then furnished by the SS; however, this procedure differed with the so-called series of experiments and a number of other experiments. For those experiments, the people were brought into the experimental station straight from the camp, that is, from the blocks.
Q. Now, did they, to your knowledge, make any effort in the camp to secure volunteers for these experiments?
A. There were certain volunteers for these experiments. That was because Rascher promised certain persons that they would be released from the camp if they underwent these experiments. He sometimes promised them that they would be detailed to more favorable work.
Q. Now, about how many of such volunteers would you say there were for the high-altitude experiments?
A. I do not know the exact number. It was not very high; approximately 10 inmates volunteered for that purpose.