8 February Inspection of the clinical section by Oberstabsarzt
Dr. Eyer of the Institute for Typhus and Virus
Research of the Army High Command, Krakow and by
Oberstabsarzt Dr. Schmidt of the Army Medical
Inspectorate.
24 August Inspection of the department by the Director of the
Central Building Section of the Waffen SS and
Police, SS Obersturmfuehrer Huehnefeld, and
discussion of necessary improvements.
26 August Inspection by the Higher SS and Police leader in
Kassel, SS Obergruppenfuehrer and General of the
Waffen SS, the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and
by the commandant of Buchenwald concentration
camp.
3 September Inspection by the head of the Hygiene Institute of
the Waffen SS, SS Standartenfuehrer Lecturer Dr.
Mrugowsky.
29 September Inspection by the Chief of Office D III in the SS
Economic and Administrative Main Office (WVHA), SS
Obersturmbannfuehrer Dr. Lolling and Professor Dr.
Schenk.
IV. _Official Trips by the Head of the Division for Typhus and Virus
Research_
28 February to 6 SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ding ordered to Paris
March for the purchase of laboratory equipment for the
Division for Typhus and Virus Research
Weimar-Buchenwald, and for the Hygiene Institute
of the Waffen SS.
27 April to 1 May Once more on detached service to Paris for the same
purpose.
25 June to 15 August Ordered sick leave at Sellin on Ruegen.
27 August Conferences with the Zeiss firm at Jena, with the
Landesgewerbearzt and in the University Library.
4 September Inspection in the village of “X” with the Head of
the Hygiene Institute, SS Standartenfuehrer
Lecturer Dr. Mrugowsky, with the Standortarzt of
the Waffen SS Weimar-Buchenwald, and with the
adjutant of the commandant of the Buchenwald
concentration camp.
8 September Another inspection in the village of “X”.
16September Purchase of laboratory requisites at Jena,
conference with the Zeiss firm concerning the
alteration of 2 microscopes.
23 September Purchase of laboratory requisites at Erfurt.
29 September to 4 Conference in Berlin with the Head of the Hygiene
October Institute of the Waffen SS, SS Standartenfuehrer
Lecturer Dr. Mrugowsky.
13 October Inspection at “Dora” and “Laura” with the commandant
of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
21 October Inspection of the branch commands Leipzig
Wernigerode, Schoenebeck, and “Dora” with the camp
commandant.
25 October to 15 On detached service with the German Hygiene
November Institute for the Eastern Territories in Riga, and
subsequently conference with the Madaus firm in
Dresden at the instance of SS Obergruppenfuehrer
and General of the Waffen SS von Woyrsch.
SS Sturmbannfuehrer.
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-121
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 293
LETTER FROM HAAGEN TO HIRT, 15 NOVEMBER 1943, CONCERNING PRISONERS TO BE
USED AS EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS FOR TESTS WITH TYPHUS VACCINE
15 November 1943
_Secret_
To: Professor Dr. Hirt
Anatomical Institute of the Reich University
Strasbourg
On 13-11-43, an inspection was made of the prisoners that were furnished
to me in order to determine their suitability for the tests which have
been planned for the typhus vaccines. Of the 100 prisoners that have
been selected in their former camp, 18 died during transport. Only 12
prisoners are in such a condition that they can be used for these
experiments, provided their strength can first be restored. This should
take about 2-3 months. The remaining prisoners are in such a condition
that they cannot be used at all for these purposes.
I might point out that the experiments are for the purpose of testing a
new vaccine. Such experiments only lead to fruitful results when they
are carried out with normally nourished subjects whose physical powers
are comparable to those of the soldiers. Therefore, experiments with the
present group of prisoners cannot yield usable results, particularly
since a large part of them are apparently afflicted with maladies which
make them unsuitable for these experiments. A long period of rest and of
good nourishment would not alter this fact.
I request, therefore, that you send me 100 prisoners, between 20-40
years of age, who are healthy and who are so constituted physically that
they furnish comparable material.
Heil Hitler!
STABSARZT PROF. DR. E. HAAGEN
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-122
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 298
LETTER DICTATED BY ROSE, ADDRESSED TO HAAGEN, 13 DECEMBER 1943,
CONCERNING EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS FOR VACCINE EXPERIMENTS
Professor Rose, Chief Surgeon.
O. U., 13 December 1943.
Stabsarzt Professor Haagen
Institute of Hygiene of the Reich University
Strasbourg, Alsace, Adolf Kussmaulstrasse 3
Dear Herr Haagen,
Many thanks for your letter of 8 December. I regard it as unnecessary to
make a renewed special request to the SS Main Office in addition to the
request you have already made. I request that, in procuring persons for
vaccination in your experiment, you requisition a corresponding number
of persons for vaccination with the Copenhagen vaccine. This has the
advantage, as also appeared in the Buchenwald experiments, that the
testing of various vaccines simultaneously gives a clearer idea of their
value than the testing of one vaccine alone.
With best wishes,
Heil Hitler!
Yours
(Dictated by Prof. Rose and signed after his departure)
By order
[Signed] SCHWARZE
Private, 1st Class (Med. Corps)
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-123
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 303
LETTER FROM HAAGEN TO HIRT, 9 MARCH 1944, CONCERNING EXPERIMENTS
CONDUCTED WITH TYPHUS VACCINE AND REQUESTING EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS