TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-472
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 234
AFFIDAVIT OF THE DEFENDANT FISCHER, 21 OCTOBER 1946, SUPPLEMENTING HIS
AFFIDAVIT CONCERNING SULFANILAMIDE EXPERIMENTS
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3. At the conference of May 1943, which I described on page 12 of my
affidavit (last paragraph) the following officials were present to the
best of my recollection: Dr. Paul Rostock as chairman of the conference;
Dr. Siegfried Handloser, who was then the Chief of the Medical Service
of the German Armed Forces, who had sent out the invitations to the
meeting; Professor Karl Brandt, who sat in the center of the front row;
Dr. Leonardo D. Conti, the Reich Health Leader; Professor Dr.
Sauerbruch; Dr. Frey; and Professor Heubner. The Medical Service of the
Luftwaffe was represented by Dr. Hippke, who was the Chief of the
Medical Service of the Luftwaffe; and by Dr. Oskar Schroeder. The
Medical Service of the Waffen SS was represented by its chief, Dr. Karl
Genzken. Dr. Helmut Poppendick, who was the Chief of Staff of the Reich
Physician SS and Police, and Dr. Grawitz were also present.
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5. It was made perfectly clear during the speeches made by Dr. Gebhardt
and myself that the experiments were conducted on inmates of a
concentration camp.
6. Six months after this, the 10th anniversary of the hospital at
Hohenlychen was celebrated. Dr. Karl Brandt, Dr. Siegfried Handloser,
Dr. Leonardo D. Conti, and Professor Dr. Sauerbruch were invited to the
celebrations.
7. When the sulfanilamide experiments started, I was told by Professor
Gebhardt, my military and medical superior, that these experiments were
being carried out by order of the Chief of the Medical Office of the
Wehrmacht and the Chief of the State Medical Office, with the initial
order from Hitler, and I must therefore carry out these orders.
8. Dr. Herta Oberheuser and Dr. Schiedlausky assisted me in the
sulfanilamide experiments.