Prosecution Documents
Doc. No.Pros. Ex. No.Description of DocumentPage
NO-579288Extracts from a report on the findings of 2 January 1944, on a skin ointment—R 17—for phosphorus burns.[644]
NO-1080 A, E, F219 A, E, FExposures of the witness Maria Kusmierczuk who underwent sulfanilamide and bone experiments while an inmate of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp. (See Selections from the Photographic Evidence of the Prosecution.)[901]
NO-1082 A, C214 A, CExposures of the witness Jadwiga Dzido who underwent sulfanilamide and bone experiments while an inmate of the Ravensbrueck concentration camp. (See Selections from the Photographic Evidence of the Prosecution.)[903]
Defense Documents
Doc. No.Def. Ex. No.Description of Document
Mrugowsky 115Mrugowsky Ex. 108Extracts from the affidavit of Udo von Woyrsch, 3 May 1947, concerning experiments on combating injuries due to phosphorus incendiary bombs.[647]
Testimony
Extract from the testimony of prosecution witness Eugen Kogon[648]
Extract from the testimony of defendant Mrugowsky[651]

PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-579

PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 288

EXTRACTS FROM A REPORT ON THE FINDINGS OF 2 JANUARY 1944, ON A SKIN OINTMENT—R 17—FOR PHOSPHORUS BURNS

EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS


EXPERIMENTS ON HUMAN BEINGS

I. Application of the phosphorus-caoutchouc mixture and immediate removal—

1. With R 17.

19 November. The mixture was dropped on a smooth spot of skin on the forearm and immediately thereafter wiped off with a tampon dipped in R 17. R 17 quickly dissolved the phosphorus and the caoutchouc. Subsequent checks showed a complete cessation of phosphorescence. The spot of skin showed an increased temperature until 14 December, as the testers ascertained by placing the backs of their hands against it.