ATROCITIES "IN INTERESTS OF HUMANITY"
I NAZI DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENTS ON HUMAN BEINGS Received Wednesdav, 9.30 p.m. II A.MIU'RG, Jan. 22. i Pr. Rolf Rosentlial. one of the 10 Jneiiiliers of ihe stafl: of the Ravensbruck women \s coneent ration camp on ! trial for atrocities, admitted experij inents ou inmates. He testiiied also j that he made anti-gas gangrene tesls ! by an im-ision in liis own leg. The experiments were in the interests of huniaiiity. Polish women who had already been coiidenmed to death were selected and tohi they would be re prieved if they sulmiitted to the tests. The women did not resist beeause it had already been talked ovcr with l lieiu. "1 had been worlcing on animals seeking an antidote for gas gangrene," he said, ' ' lalt it was quite a new idea to experi ment on humans. We had an order from eilher llitler or Hinunler and we liojied to liiuL an antidote to profeet all our lighting forces,"
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 January 1947, Page 5
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