WAR CRIMES: Subject: Women

Among the neatly filed business correspondence of Hitler's grim Oswiecim concentration camp were some letters from an official of the I. G. Farben chemical trust. Last week excerpts from these letters were offered in evidence at the Nürnberg war crimes trial of 23 Farben directors. The excerpts:

¶ "In contemplation of experiments with a new soporific drug, we would appreciate your procuring for us a number of women." ¶ "We received your answer but consider the price of 200 marks a woman excessive. We propose to pay not more than 170 marks a head. If agreeable, we will take possession...

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