- Rudolf Spanner
Rudolf Spanner was a German doctor at the Danzig Anatomical Institute during
World War II .Spanner designed, on his own initiative, a process to produce soap from human fat in 1943-44 and a limited quantity of the soap was produced on his order to clean autopsy rooms. [cite book |last=Nałkowska|first=Zofia|authorlink=Zofia Nałkowska|coauthors=Diana Kruprel (translator)|title=Medallions (Jewish Lives)|publisher=Northwestern University Press|year=2000|month=February|id= ISBN 0-8101-1743-6] Allegations of large scale human soap production is a myth with origins dating back to
World War I . [cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/soap.html|work=Jewish Virtual Library|title=The Soap Myth|accessdate=2006-12-13] [cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/soap01.html |work=Jewish Virtual Library|title=The Soap Allegations|accessdate=2006-12-13] However, tests have since shown that Spanner did produce a limited amount of soap from human fat. Suggested sources for the fat includeStutthof concentration camp , Gdansk Municipal Jail, and a Gdansk psychiatric hospital. [cite web|url=http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/camps/stutthof/press/forensic_confirmation|work=Nizkor|title=Soap made from human remains|accessdate=2006-12-29]References
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