Personal staff Reich Leader SS to Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Main Office for the Security of the Reich), dated 6 November 1942, regarding transmission of the order of the Reich Leader SS to make possible the construction of the skeleton collection as planned. (NO-089, Pros. Ex. 179.)
Letter of the personal staff Reich Leader SS to the Ahnenerbe, dated 3 December 1942, regarding remedying of deficiencies through SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl. (NO-092, Pros. Ex. 180.)
Letter of the Institute for Military Scientific Research of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Main Office for the Security of the Reich), dated 21 June 1943, regarding the transfer of the 115 persons selected by SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Beger in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. (NO-087, Pros. Ex. 181.)
Telegram of the personal staff, office “A”, to Dr. Brandt, dated 5 September 1944, regarding the procurement of instructions as to what should happen to the collection in the event Strasbourg should be endangered. (NO-088, Pros. Ex. 182.)
Two memoranda of Berg, dated 15 and 26 October 1944, regarding the breaking up of the collection. (NO-091, Pros. Ex. 183.)
Several entries in the diary of Sievers, 1943-44.
A letter of Sievers to Dr. Hirt, dated 3 January 1942, has been offered by the prosecution. (NO-3629, Pros. Ex. 547.) This letter contains the request of Himmler to Hirt to make available to him a detailed report regarding his experiments which then could serve as basis for a conference.
Letter of the Reich Business Manager to Dr. Hirt, dated 29 October 1942, regarding the granting of subsidies for research activities. (NO-3819, Pros. Ex. 550.)
In this respect, counsel for the defense declares:
The idea of setting up a skull collection of Jewish-Bolshevist Commissars initiated with Dr. Hirt, director of the Anatomy Department of the University of Strasbourg. Dr. Hirt himself submitted to Himmler the suggestion for setting up such a collection. (Tr. p. 5704.) The suggestion received Himmler’s complete assistance. Himmler issued instructions to place everything at Hirt’s disposal which he required for his experiments. (NO-090, Pros. Ex. 176.) In addition to this, Himmler issued an order through his personal staff on 6 November 1942 that everything necessary will be placed at the disposal of Professor Dr. Hirt. (NO-089, Pros. Ex. 179.)