NMT01-T678
Volume I · Page 678
7. At the end of 1943 or beginning of 1944 I received a letter from my nephew, in which he informed me that he and his wife had been arrested because of illegal adoption (and registration) of a child. This letter was accompanied by a note by Kriminalrat Schmidt from Munich in which he informed me that I should contact him if I knew anything about this matter. I wrote at the time to Munich that I considered this to be impossible because I myself had once seen Frau Rascher in a pregnant state. I am a doctor and examined her myself. That was before the birth of the second child; she was then in the 6th or 7th month of pregnancy. I wish to add that the first son looked very much like his father and also had similar habits.
8. Since this occurrence in 1943 or 1944 I have not heard from either Dr. Sigmund Rascher or his wife. Only in 1946 1 learned from various people that my nephew had been shot in Dachau before the arrival of the Americans and that his wife bad been hanged at Ravensbrueck or Berlin on orders of Himmler. I also submit to the files three pictures taken during the youth of Dr. Sigmund Rascher. All my nephew's documents which I had in my possession I burned in 1944 because I was afraid of the Gestapo.
I have read the above affidavit in the German language consisting of 2 pages and declare that it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. I was given the opportunity of making alterations and corrections in the above affidavit. This affidavit was made by me voluntarily, without any promise or reward and I was subjected to no compulsion or duress of any kind.
| [Signature] Rascher | |
| Hamburg, 31 December 1946. |
| PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-438 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 240 |
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| REPORT FROM THE
INSTITUTE FOR MILITARY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, (DEPARTMENT DR. RASCHER) ON "POLYGAL 10" |
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| [Handwritten] Mue. med. Wo. Schri. delivered 20 Dec. 1943. |
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| From the Institute
for Military Scientific Research (Department Dr. Rascher) "Polygal
10", a hemostat to be administered orally |
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| by | |
| Dr. med. S. Rascher, Munich, and Dr. med. H. Haferkamp), Waltershausen (Thuringia). | |
A good hemostat has to have the following qualifications:
1. It must be harmless.
