Rudolf Spanner

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Rudolf Spanner, German M.D. at the Danzig Anatomical Institute during WWII.

It has been alleged that Dr. Spanner designed a process to produce soap from human fat in 1943-44 and that a limited quantity of the soap was produced on his order to clean autopsy rooms.^[1] Allegation of human soap production are now considered by most Holocaust researchers to be a myth with origins dating back to World War I.^[2][3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Nałkowska, Zofia, Diana Kruprel (translator) (February 2000). Medallions (Jewish Lives). Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-1743-6.
2. ^ The Soap Myth. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
3. ^ The Soap Allegations. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.