Berlin-Dahlem, 22 April 43
G/H/6 S/No
Note [Handwritten]
Some information on W. is also in the files of Prof. Hirt
Diary No. 41/8/43
G. Mue.
To: SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Dr. R. Brandt
Personal Staff Reich Leader SS
Berlin SW 11, Prinz Albrecht Str. 8.
Subject: Dr. med. habil. Karl Wimmer, born on 24 October 1910, staff
physician of the Luftwaffe, commanded by Air Gau Physician 7,
Munich, for service with the Anatomical Institute of
Strasbourg University. Co-worker at the Institute for Military
Scientific Research of the Ahnenerbe Society, Department SS
Hauptsturmfuehrer Dr. Hirt, Strasbourg.
Re: Your letter of 10.42. No. AR/48/7/42.
Our letter of 25.7.42.
Dear Comrade Brandt!
Effective immediately, Dr. Wimmer has been transferred to the XIth
Fliegerkorps [subordinate operational Command of an Air Fleet], and
according to information given by the Air Gau Medical Department 7 was
to report today to Oberstabsarzt Dr. Jaeger, Berlin-Tempelhof, Manfred
von Richthofenstr. 6./II. As Jaeger is going to be absent until 27
April, Dr. Wimmer will have to wait for a decision, until that date. The
transfer of Dr. Wimmer means discontinuance of the gas experiments at
Natzweiler and Strasbourg, as—
1. Replacement cannot be supplied due to the specialized knowledge
necessary.
2. The practical knowledge gained by Dr. Wimmer through an extensive
series of experiments can only be used by him.
3. On Dr. Wimmer’s leaving, SS Hauptsturmfueherer Prof. Dr. Hirt will
have to take over his lectures and as he, considering his state of
health, is already more than overworked, he can no longer go on with
research work.
Interim report on experiment results up to now will follow next week to
be submitted to the Reich Leader SS. The intensification of experiments
and research, as well as the continuation of the work at all, as ordered
by the Reich Leader SS on the basis of our discussion on 7 April, is out
of the question, if the small staff of co-workers at the disposal of
Prof. Dr. Hirt, especially Dr. Wimmer, is withdrawn. The problems to be
solved constantly demand scientists with long years of experience and
specialized knowledge. Dr. Wimmer would now be employed only as an army
doctor, which is totally uneconomical considering his knowledge and
abilities, as his services as an army doctor will never be of vital
importance as regards the war, while this may well be said of his
scientific activities. Obviously the Recruiting Office of the Waffen SS
at that time contented itself with the information of the Reich Air
Minister and Supreme Commander of the German Luftwaffe, without
concluding a definite agreement. I request immediate steps for this to
be remedied; the best would be to order Dr. Wimmer to the Waffen SS at
least until 31.13.43 [sic] and if necessary the Reichsarzt SS should
send an army doctor in his place to the Luftwaffe for the time Dr.
Wimmer is assigned to the Waffen SS.
With best regards
Heil Hitler!
Yours
[Signed] SIEVERS [typewritten]
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-099
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 268
REPORT BY HIRT AND WIMMER ON THE PROPOSED TREATMENT OF POISONING CAUSED
BY LOST GAS