" Himmler offered Blome a medical block at a concentration camp like Dachau where he could complete this work. Blome said he told Himmler he was aware of “strong objections in certain circles” to using humans in experimental vaccine trials. Himmler told Blome that experimenting on humans was necessary in the war effort. To refuse was “the equivalent of treason. "

― Annie Jacobsen , Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America