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 Sievers 45 Sievers Ex. 46 Extract from the affidavit of Dr. Gisela Schmitz, 27 March 1947, on Sievers' Position in the Ahnenerbe Society and his connection with the skeleton collection.   752
Sievers 54 Sievers Ex. 50 Regulations for the Commandos (Einsatzkommandos) of the Security Police and the Security Service to be activated in Stalags.  754
       
 Testimony
Extract from the testimony of defendant Rudolf Brandt. . . . . . . . . . . 757


  TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NO-085
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 175
   
LETTER FROM SIEVERS TO RUDOLF BRANDT, 9 FEBRUARY 1942, AND REPORT BY HIRT CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION OF SKULLS OF JEWISH-BOLSHEVIK COMMISSARS
 
The Ahnenerbe
The Reich Business Manager
   
  Berlin, 9 February 1942
G/R/2 page 1
   
To: SS Sturmbannfuehrer Dr. Brandt
Berlin SW 11, Prinz Albrecht Strasse 8
 
 Secret
 
Dear Comrade Brandt:

For the reason that Professor Dr. Hirt has in the meantime become seriously ill, I regret that I have been unable to submit any sooner Dr. Hirt's report which you requested in your letter of 29 December 1941, Journal No. AR/493/37. He was stricken with pulmonary hemorrhages, the diagnosis was "cystlung", so at least it is not TB. In addition to that he suffered from circulatory asthenia. At present he is still in the hospital, but hopes that the doctor will release him soon so that he can, at least to a limited degree, resume his work. Due to those circumstances Professor Hirt was able to furnish only a preliminary report which, however, I still should like to submit to your attention. The report concerns

1. his research in the field of microscopy of living tissues, the discovery of a new method of examination, and the construction of a new research microscope, and


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