Dr. Weisgerber: Yes, your Honor. You accidentally attended the completion of a cold experiment by Dr. Rascher at Dachau. You had seen no reports about Dr. Rascher’s experiments and received no knowledge about them in any other way. The furnishing of the experimental subjects for the rewarming experiments were not your business, and you actually had nothing to do with it. You attended a further experiment under the circumstances which you have previously described. You know nothing about any dry-cold experiments being carried out in Dachau itself. You succeeded in delaying and finally completely frustrating the dry-cold experiments in the mountains. Is that correct?
Defendant Sievers: Yes, that is correct.
Q. After searching your mind, did you do anything in that connection which went beyond the orders given you by Himmler?
A. No, in no way at all.
[28] Figure 14, headed “Mean Values from Group of Four Experiments each at 4° C. [39.2° F.] to 4.5° C. [40.1° F.] Water Temperature,” is a chart showing the skin temperature and the rectal temperature of four experimental subjects each of whom respectively in a sober state, was given 100 cubic centimeters of alcohol one hour before the start of the experiment, and was given 100 grams of pure dextrose one hour before start of the experiment. The three curves indicating skin temperature show drops to 16° C. and below after 60 to 80 minutes; the three curves showing rectal temperature show a low of 22.3° C. and 21.3° C. after 70, 100, and 110 minutes respectively, and then an increase to 31.3° C. after 130, 200, and 230 minutes respectively.
[29] 1616-PS, Pros. Ex. 105, see p. [249].
[30] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 17-18 December 1946, pp. 595-695.
[31] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 11, 12, 13, and 18 February 1947, pp. 2815-3104.