On page 6 of the Ding diary—Prosecution Exhibit No. 287—it says that Pohl, the Chief of the Main Administrative and Economic Office, gave the order for the enlargement of a block of stone buildings. On page 9 of that same document a conference between Ding and two representatives of the Main Administrative and Economic Office is mentioned (Barnewald and Schlesinger), who occupied themselves with the breeding of experimental animals for the experimental department.
Not Genzken, but the authorities competent for the economic supply of the concentration camps, namely, the Main Administrative and Economic Office therefore carried through the financing of the typhus experiments via the camp administration of the concentration camp Buchenwald.
II
Genzken had no knowledge of the character and of the extent of
the experiments carried out in the field of typhus research
in Block 46
The statement in the verdict (page 105) “that Genzken knew that the prisoners were subjected to cruel medical experiments, in the course of which deaths were occurring,” is not proved in any way.
The verdict itself (page 98) states that Genzken said “that he was aware of the fact that concentration camp inmates were subjected to experiments, and that he stated that he was not advised as to the methods of experimentation.” In the cross-examination, Genzken emphasized that the number of the experimental persons, of the series of experiments, the number of dead, the cultures for infections, and the passages had only become clear to him through the trial, and that the names “Block 46” and “Block 50” had been entirely unknown to him up to the trial. As proved by the evidence it is clear, beyond doubt, that Genzken was not informed either by Grawitz, nor by Ding, nor by Mrugowsky about the details of the experiments. Grawitz who distrusted Genzken, consciously never informed Genzken about a single case of his many secret experiments upon human beings in which, according to the documentary evidence he participated. The defense has given sufficient evidence for this fact. Grawitz even prevented Mrugowsky from informing Genzken (Document Genzken, Exhibit No. 3): “This is none of Genzken’s business.”
It has also been made very clear by the defense that Ding had never given any oral or written information about the details of the experiments. The prosecution could not produce any evidence for such information.
The verdict speaks about a “warm personal friendship between Genzken and Ding” (page 97). Their relationship never was more than one of official comradeship. They did not use the intimate “Du” in addressing each other. Ding was never a guest at Genzken’s house. Once Ding was presented to Frau Genzken. The two women did not know each other at all.
Ding’s scientific reports concerning his research went directly to Grawitz via Mrugowsky. To the question whether it was not true that reports concerning the typhus experiments in Block 46 went to the office of the Reich Physician of the SS and of the Police Grawitz, the prosecution witness Kogon answered by saying: “This is correct” (see p. 1290 of the English Transcript). Mrugowsky said in this connection:
“The reports were never presented to Genzken through me but in a new envelope went directly to Grawitz” (see p. 5366 of the English Transcript). Finally the witness Dumont in figure 7 of her affidavit (Document Mrugowsky, Exhibit 13, page 51, Document Book Mrug. I) declared: “The reports which Ding made concerning his experiments with prisoners were directed to Grawitz via the Hygiene Institute.”
The verdict tries furthermore to base the fact that Genzken knew about the typhus experiments via stating that once a report by Mrugowsky of 5 May 1942 went to him and that besides this, he had been personally informed about everything by Mrugowsky. Both conclusions are also wrong and are in direct contradiction to the evidence.