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of such research and for this reason did not carry it out as far as my specific order was concerned. The SS, however, took a great interest in this matter. I received my orders as an employee of the I. G. Farbenindustrie from the Chief of the Security Police, first through the camouflaged office of the Research Institute Grunewald-Berlin and later direct. I know, however, that the firm Madaus placed their orders through SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl separately and I am not acquainted with the development of this matter.
I have read the above statement consisting of seven pages, in German and declare it to be the whole truth to my best knowledge and belief. I was given an opportunity of making alterations and amendments in the above statement. I have made this statement of my own free will, under no duress, without promise of reward.
| Nuernberg, 18 June 1947. |
[Signature] Dr. Karl Tauboeck. |
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NO-035 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 142 |
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| LETTER FROM POKORNY TO HIMMLER, OCTOBER 1941, CONCERNING A STERILIZATION DRUG TO BE USED AGAINST GERMANY'S ENEMIES | ||
To the Reich Commissioner for the
Consolidation of German Folkdom,
SS H. Himmler, Chief of Police.
Berlin.
I beg you to turn your attention to the following arguments. I have requested Professor Hoehn to forward this letter to you. I have chosen this direct way to you in order to avoid the slower process through channels and the possibility of an indiscretion in regard to the eventually enormous importance of the ideas presented.
Led by the idea that the enemy must not only be conquered but destroyed, I feel obliged to present to you, as the Reich Commission for the Consolidation of German Folkdom, the following:
Dr. Madaus published the result of his research on a medicinal sterilization (both articles are enclosed). Reading these articles, the enormous importance of this drug in the present fight of our people occurred to me. If, on the basis of this research, it were possible to produce a drug which, after a relatively short time, effects an imperceptible sterilization on, human, beings, then, we would have a new powerful weapon at our disposal. The thought alone that the 3 million Bolsheviks, at present German prisoners, could be sterilized so that they could be used as laborers but be prevented from reproduction opens the most far-reaching perspectives.
