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Other inmates were left with permanent disabilities. In an affidavit, presented at the Doctors' Trial, Oswald Pohl called the Dachau malaria experiment's the "largest experiment" and reported it as the cause for his protest to Heinrich Himmler against such experiments because "Schilling continually asked for prisoners."
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈluːɪtpɔlt ˈhɪmlɐ] ⓘ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the German Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany.
The Ahnenerbe (German: [ˈaːnənˌʔɛʁbə], "Ancestral Heritage") was a pseudoscientific organization founded by the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany in 1935. Established by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in July 1, 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to promoting racial theories espoused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Ahnenerbe consisted of academics and scientists from a broad range ...
The Nazis were said to have conducted experiments [36] into the occult. [37] According to one source, there were "multiple myths about their supposed occult involvements there". [38] [39] [verification needed] Another source states locals believed that the Nazis had been using the "powers of Hell" for their experiments. As of early 2020, the ...
In December 1939, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler witnessed one of these gassings, ensuring that this invention would later be put to much wider uses. [68] Bunker No. 17 in artillery wall of Fort VII in Poznań, used as improvised gas chamber for early experiments
Gutzeit was in charge of hepatitis research for the German Army, and he and his colleagues carried out virus experiments on mental patients, Jews, Russian POWs and Gypsies in Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz and other locations. [10] In October 1944, Himmler also ordered Blome to experiment with plague on concentration camp prisoners. [11]
Malaria experiments Executed Oskar Schröder February 6, 1891: January 26, 1959: Sea water experiments Life Horst Schumann: May 1, 1906: May 5, 1983: X-ray sterilization ex. None Heinrich Schütz April 12, 1906: November 12, 1986: Biochemical experiments 10 years Walter Sonntag: May 13, 1907: September 17, 1948: Injections Executed Percival Treite
In 1939, the SS doctor, Sigmund Rascher, performed a series of experiments on animals with the direct cooperation of Himmler. He conducted his experiments mainly in cancer research. [32] At the University of Freiburg, an experiment was conducted on cats with brain electrode implants. [33]