May I ask for a report as to how the difficult problem is solved?
Heil Hitler!
[Initialled] H[einrich] H[immler]
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-842
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 405
LETTER FROM BRACK TO DR. SCHLEGELBERGER[[112]], 18 APRIL 1941, FORWARDING FORMS FOR EUTHANASIA AND SUGGESTING THAT DEATH NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD NOT FOLLOW A STEREOTYPED FORM
| Viktor Brack Oberdienstleiter | |
| Berlin, 18 April 1941 | |
| [Stamp] | |
| 21 [Penciled] | |
| 26 April 1941 | |
| Dept: [Illegible] | |
| [Handwritten] Gg. | |
| Strictly Confidential | |
| My dear Party comrade Dr. Schlegelberger, | |
| [Handwritten] Top Secret | |
According to agreement I send you herewith a folder with forms needed for your ascertainment and partial medical preparation; also another folder with forms for further clerical elaboration resulting from the death of the patient.[[113]] The records are secret, however, and I would appreciate if you would keep them under lock and key. Some more things are, of course, necessary for proper recording and administrative routine, but I do not believe that they are of any interest to you. Thereto belong, for instance, the death notifications to the relatives of the patient. These are to be kept somehow different according to the district and kind of relatives; they must be altered frequently to avoid stereotype texts and therefore a sample letter would only irritate. I would like to call your attention especially to the card files Nos. 13 and 14. On their reverse sides you will find a list of authorities to be informed.
When again reviewing the files which you put at my disposal, I found some details which ought to be clarified and settled; I would be grateful to you for doing so. Therefore, I shall forward them to you separately on Monday or Tuesday next week.
Heil Hitler!