on the twentieth of september 1941 , the oberführer of the sss, the head of einsatz group b, arthur nebeesidence of wilhelm kube. he was urgently summoned to gautleiter. the conversation was going to be serious. the data on the use of gas in the psychiatric hospital in novinki were disappointing: the fulfillment of himler’s instructions, given during his visit to minsk in august cannot be considered fulfilled. nebe tried to prove the opposite, this is only the first experiment. at the same time, ober fuhrer recalled that back in the forties, before the start of the invasion operation, he proposed actions of “euthanasia to be carried out using carbon monoxide. this method was tested in new products. from the materials of the trial in the case of atrocities committed by the nazi invaders in belarusian ussr 15 january 29 , 1946. testimony of witness akimova, a doctor at the minsk psychiatric hospital. it was september 18, 1941. an sss police officer, accompanied by a chemist, ordered dr. kitaevich to prepare about 20 patients to test the effect of some gas. it was ordered to bring a bathhou