NMT01-T352
Volume I · Page 352
| There was the greatest uneasiness at that time regarding
protection against chemical warfare, as it was thought that the Allies would
use poison gas. It was said that they bad brought poison gas over with them
when they landed at Tunis. It was also said that the Russians had new gas masks
which fact pointed to the possibility of the use of a now kind of poison gas.
On the German side, there was definitely a serious shortage of chemical warfare
protective equipment, as not even the most urgently needed gas masks were
available, nor was it even possible to produce the required number. Nuernberg, 21 April 1947. |
| [Signature] Dr. Otto Ambros |
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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT KARL BRANDT 103 |
| KARL BRANDT DEFENSE EXHIBIT 42 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF DR. WALTER MIELENZ, 21 APRIL
1947, CONCERNING THE ASSIGNMENT OF KARL BRANDT IN CONNECTION WITH CHEMICAL WARFARE |
| I, Dr. Walter Mielenz, born 20 November 1888 in Berlin,
residing in Berlin-Friedenau Ceciliongaerten 45 (business address:
Berlin-Lichterfelde W, Kadettenweg 67, Telephone 245218), have been duly
advised that I shall render myself liable to punishment if I give a false
affidavit. I declare under oath that my statement is true and was made to be
submitted in evidence to Military Tribunal No. 1, at the Palace of Justice,
Nuernberg, Germany. From 1933 to 1945 1 worked at the Reich Air Ministry as an analytical chemist, technical advisor on the question of the protection of the civilian population against gas. I am familiar with the decree of 1 March 1944 in which special tasks were assigned to Professor Dr. Karl Brandt in connection with chemical warfare. As far as I remember, the decree was worded approximately as follows: "I have ordered my Commissioner General for the Medical and Health Service (Professor Dr. Brandt) to take a major part in all matters concerning protection against chemical warfare (of the army and the civilian population) and to issue orders to the stations (military and civilian) established for this purpose. In questions of the protection of the civilian population against chemical warfare, he must obtain in advance the approval of the Reich Air Minister and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe."The decree certainly did not contain any order for research in connection with chemical warfare agents. |
