Q. You didn’t know that before you conducted this experiment, is that right?
A. I assumed that they would be very thirsty, but I wanted to see what the subjective sensations or feelings of the experimental subjects were. What was most important to me was to know whether these experiments could be characterized as cruel or inhumane or brutal, and if they were experiments which led to a pretty strong sense of discomfort, namely, thirst, but did not do any damage to health, that is what I wanted to know.
Q. And your testimony before this Tribunal is based upon those experiments; is that right?
A. No, on both, of course, both on those carried out by Beiglboeck and on my own.
Q. Well, your judgment was also influenced by what Beiglboeck told you about how much the experimental subjects suffered, is that right?
A. Beiglboeck drew up his own report on his own experiment on himself and a general report on whatever complaints the subjects uttered.
Q. What is the experiment that Beiglboeck conducted by himself? You mean he has been undergoing an experiment back in the prison?
A. No, before the experiments began, he carried out a sea-water experiment on himself.
Q. Where did these experimental subjects of yours stay during this experiment? I seem to recall you said they continued their work or something of that sort.
A. They all stayed in one room where they ate and slept, and this was done to make the conduct of the experiment easier, as they were to receive special rations.