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one inmate was shot at, have proved these results." Did you tell Pohl anything to that effect?
A. I told Pohl exactly what I had found out from Eberstein. As I already said, the development stage of polygal was already concluded when he received Himmler's order to take care of the production. If Rascher shot at an inmate in connection with polygal research then this, at any rate, occurred at a time when he had nothing to do with that matter. I only heard of this alleged shooting after Rascher's arrest, as I have already testified.
Q. Mr. President, in this connection I offer Document Sievers 10 as Sievers Exhibit 8. I beg your pardon, Sievers Exhibit 9. This is an affidavit of Oswald Pohl. The essential points to be found on page one of this document are, and I quote:
"1. My affidavit of 23 July 1946 concerning medical experiments was submitted to me with reference to my statements in paragraph 4, Sievers (Ahnenerbe).Paragraphs two to six are not interesting here and I shall skip them. I quote again:
"2. Sievers' diary of 1944 (3546-PS) was submitted to me with reference to the entry of 15 June 1944, 9 o'clock (page 167)
"SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl. "
1. Production of polygal and settlement Felix."
"After having read this entry in the diary, I can remember Sievers' visit very well and I can state according to the best of my knowledge and conscience:And then follows the certification.
"When all the relevant points concerning the possibility of producing (installation for manufacture) the blood-stanching remedy 'polygal', as well as the other items had been discussed, Sievers told me a few things about the Rascher case before I called in SS Standartenfuehrer Maurer to discuss the employment of scientist prisoners in mathematical calculating problems. He informed me that Rascher and his wife had been arrested for jointly committing child substitution and abduction. Through Rascher's arrest, several unbelievable things had apparently come to light which were now being investigated. It was also maintained that Rascher was supposed to have fired at a prisoner in order to test the 'polygal'. Sievers therefore expresses an assumption which he himself had only heard, and not a fact based on his own knowledge."
