TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-035
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 142
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 Commissioner 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
immense 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.
Madaus found that the sap of the Schweigrohr (caladium seguinum) when
taken by mouth or given as injection to male and also to female animals,
after a certain time, produces permanent sterility. The illustrations
accompanying the scientific article are convincing.
If my ideas meet your approval, the following course should be taken:
1. Dr. Madaus must not publish any more such articles. (The enemy
listens!)