Heil Hitler!
[Signed] SELLMER
Gaustabsamtsleiter
[Stamp]
National Socialist German Labor Party
Gau Franconia
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-018
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 404
LETTER FROM HIMMLER TO BRACK, 19 DECEMBER 1940, REQUESTING THAT
EUTHANASIA STATION GRAFENECK BE DISCONTINUED AND THAT MOTION PICTURES BE
SHOWN TO DISPEL RUMORS
Top Secret
19 December 1940
SS Standartenfuehrer Viktor Brack
Staff Leader at Reichsleiter Bouhler’s Office
Berlin W 8
Dear Brack,
I hear there is great excitement on the Alb because of the Grafeneck
Institution.
The population recognizes the gray automobile of the SS and think they
know what is going on at the constantly smoking crematory. What happens
there is a secret and yet is no longer one. Thus the worst feeling has
arisen there, and in my opinion there remains only one thing, to
discontinue the use of the institution in this place and in any event
disseminate information in a clever and sensible manner by showing
motion pictures on the subject of inherited and mental diseases in just
that locality.
May I ask for a report as to how the difficult problem is solved?
Heil Hitler!
[Initialled] H[EINRICH] H[IMMLER]
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-842
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 405
LETTER FROM BRACK TO DR. SCHLEGELBERGER[112], 18 APRIL 1941, FORWARDING
FORMS FOR EUTHANASIA AND SUGGESTING THAT DEATH NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD NOT
FOLLOW A STEREOTYPED FORM
Viktor Brack Oberdienstleiter
Berlin, 18 April 1941
[Stamp]
21 [Penciled]
26 April 1941
Dept: [Illegible]
[Handwritten] Gg.
Strictly Confidential
My dear Party comrade Dr. Schlegelberger,
[Handwritten] Top Secret
According to agreement I send you herewith a _folder with forms_ needed
for your ascertainment and partial medical preparation; also another
folder with forms for further clerical elaboration resulting from the
death of the patient.[113] The records are secret, however, and I would
appreciate if you would keep them _under lock and key_. Some more things
are, of course, necessary for proper recording and administrative
routine, but I do not believe that they are of any interest to you.
Thereto belong, for instance, the death notifications to the relatives
of the patient. These are to be kept somehow different according to the
district and kind of relatives; they must be altered frequently to avoid
stereotype texts and therefore a sample letter would only irritate. I
would like to call your attention especially to the card files Nos. 13
and 14. On their reverse sides you will find a list of authorities to be
informed.
When again reviewing the files which you put at my disposal, I found
some details which ought to be clarified and settled; I would be
grateful to you for doing so. Therefore, I shall forward them to you
separately on Monday or Tuesday next week.
Heil Hitler!
Respectfully yours
[Signed] BRACK
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-158
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 410
LETTER FROM HIRCHE, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MENTAL INSTITUTION BERNBURG, TO
CAMP COMMANDANT OF THE GROSS-ROSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP, 19 MARCH 1942,
WITH LIST OF INMATES TRANSFERRED FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMP TO BERNBURG
Mental Institution, Bernburg Bernburg, 19 March 1942
Reference: B e. vH. Box 266
Consultation only by
appointment
To [Stamp]
Camp Commandant Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen
Concentration Camp Administration
Gross-Rosen Received: 23 March 1942
Initials [Illegible]
Registered
Subject: Transport of 19 March 1942
Enclosed you will find a list of the camp inmates who arrived here on 19
March 1942 from your concentration camp.
Heil Hitler!
[Signed] HIRCHE