Viktor Brack
SS-Oberfuehrer
Berlin, 23 Juni 1942
W8, Voss-Str. 4
Secret State Affair
To the
Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin SW 11
Prinz Albrecht Str. 8
Dear Reichsfuehrer!
Having been so instructed by Reichsleiter Bouhler, I have put a number of my men at the
disposal of Brigadefuehrer G l o b o c n i k for an extended period of time in
connection with the execution of his special task.
Because of a renewed request from him, I have now sent him
further personnel. On this occasion Brigadefuehrer Globocnik gave me his
opinion that the whole action against the Jews must be completed as soon as
possible, in order to avoid the risk of becoming stuck in the middle should one
day certain problems make it necessary to stop the action. You yourself,
Reichsfuehrer, told me once of the need to camouflage the action and that it
should be carried out as soon as we can. Both opinions, principally leading to
the same conclusion, are in my view more that justified; nevertheless please
allow me to also bring the following argument to your attention:
Among the approximately 10 million European Jews I think there are at least 2-3 million
men and women very fit for labour. Given the difficulties we face because of
our need for workers, I am of the opinion that we should withdraw these 2-3
millions from the action and keep them alive. Of course that will only be
possible if we make them incapable of reproducing at the same time. I wrote to
you, about a year ago, that my subordinates have worked on the necessary
experiments for this purpose. I would like to remind you of these facts once
more. Sterilization as is usually practiced upon the congenitally diseased is
not the proper treatment in these cases, because it would take too much time
and prove too costly. A Roentgen castration, however, is not only relatively
cheap, but can also be carried out in a very short period of time on many
thousands of people. I believe it has become of no importance by now if those
involved will discover after weeks or months that they have been castrated from
the effects of the treatment.
If you, Reichsfuehrer, should decide to choose this solution in the interest of saving
labour potential, then Reichsleiter Bouhler will be able to put at your
disposal the doctors and other personnel required to complete the job. He also
told me to inform you that in that case, I will need to order the equipment
required right away.
Heil Hitler!
yours
Viktor Brack