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last the disturbance subsided, the pupils
were enlarged to the maximum, the condemned lay still. Rectal cramps
and loss of urine was observed in one of them. Death occurred 121,
123, and 129 minutes after they were shot."
The fact that SS doctors engaged in such experiments was no accident. It
was consistent with an ideology and racial philosophy which, to use
Himmler's words, regarded human beings as lice and offal. But the most
important factor was that the SS alone was in a position to supply
necessary human material. And it did supply such material through WVHA.
I refer to our Document 1751-PS, which is a letter from the Chief of
Office Group D of WVHA, dated 12 May 1944. I offer it as Exhibit Number
USA-468. I quote that letter. It appears in the original file on the
last page. I quote:
"There is cause to call attention to
the fact that in every case permission for assignment has to be
requested here before assignment of prisoners is made for experimental
purposes.
"To be included in this request are number, kind of custody, and
in case of Aryan prisoners, exact personal data, file number in the
Reich Security Main Office, and the reason for detainment in the
concentration camp.
"Herewith, I explicitly forbid assignment of prisoners for
experimental purposes without permission."
The translation says that the signature is illegible, but I think it
appears from the original that it is the signature of Glücks since
he was the department chief of Department D of WVHA. It was on the basis
of being able to supply such material that the Reich Ministry of Finance
was prepared to subsidize the SS experimental program. I offer in
evidence a series of letters between the Reich Ministry of Finance, the
Reich Research Council, and the Reich Surgeon of the SS and Police. They
are our Document 002-PS, which I offer in evidence as Exhibit Number
USA-469. The first letter from which I shall quote appears on Page 4 of
our Document 002-PS and is from the head of the Executive Council of the
Reich Research Council, addressed to the Reich Surgeon of SS and Police.
It is dated 19 February 1943. I quote the first three paragraphs of the
letter:
"The Reich Minister of Finance told
me that you requested 53 leading positions ... for your office, partly
for new research institutes.
"After the Reich Marshal of the Greater German Reich has as
President of the Reich Research Council entrusted himself with all
German research, he issued directives, among other things, that in the
execution of scientific tasks important for