The Nazi racial theory is costing thousands of German soldiers their lives, it was revealed by a German army doctor taken prisoner by the Soviets.
The Moscow press reports that the German doctor, identified as Dr. Paul Schultze of the 68th German Infantry Division, spoke with bitterness over ”the senseless racial theory” which makes it difficult to carry out blood transfusions on wounded German officers and soldiers, since an order has been issued that no one in the armed forces may have ”Jewish blood” in his veins. The captured doctor is quoted as saying that there is not enough “Aryan” blood in reserve for transfusions, with the result that a large percentage of the wounded die.
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