| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1621-PS Source: Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Vol. IV. USGPO, Washington, 1946, pp.136-137 [Appropriation of Medical Equipment for Experimentation] SECRET! The Reichsfuehrer SS Personal Staff Command Post, 12 November 1942 SECRET! 1. To SS Major General Rauter Dear Major General, The Reichsfuehrer SS asks you to attempt to obtain these appliances, which would still have to be listed in detail by SS Captain Dr. Rascher resp. by SS Colonel Sievers, through the Reich Commisar. SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Rascher resp. SS-Standartenfuehrer Sievers will submit the list directly to you. Heil Hitler ! Transmitted to [Signed illegible] TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1621-PS [contd.] SECRET! [Rubber Stamp] Dr. S. Rascher, SS Captain SECRET! File Memorandum Procurement of medico-physiological appliances is so difficult in Germany that the continued conduct of experiments is seriously endangered. If the necessary appliances cannot be procured, it will be very much more difficult to build up the Institute for Functional Research in Military Science within the framework of the Ancestral Heritage Organization [Ahnenerbe] . The Institutes of the Universities of Leyden and Utrecht, however, are very plentifully equipped with the very best scientific appliances [sic-; as work?] at both these universities is not feasible, however, since the University of Leyden is, and will remain, closed, not-withstanding all rumors, and since the University of Utrecht works with only half its usual enrollment. SS Lieutenant Colonel Sievers therefore suggests that the Reichsfuehrer SS write a letter to Reich Governor Dr. Seyss-Inquart saying that it is request [sic-ed?] that the Reich Governor put the appliances of the University Institutes concerned at the disposal of the AncestraI Heritage Organization [Ahnenerbe], initially on a loan basis. (signed). Dr. Rascher |
Document compiled by Dr S D Stein