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