00:00Attempting to please Himmler through demonstrating that population growth could be accelerated
00:04by extending female childbearing age, Rasher publicized the fact that his wife Carolina
00:09had given birth to three children even after reaching 48 years of age, and Himmler used a
00:15photograph of Rasher's family as propaganda material. However, during her fourth pregnancy,
00:22Carolina Rasher was arrested while attempting to kidnap a baby. An investigation later revealed
00:28that her other three children had been either purchased or kidnapped.
00:32In addition to acting as an accessory in the kidnappings of the three infants, Rasher was
00:37also accused of financial irregularities, the murder of his former lab assistant and scientific fraud.
00:43In December 1943, Rasher's lab assistant and housekeeper, Julie Muschler, who had once lived
00:49in an apartment with the Rasher's, disappeared while on a mountain trip with the couple.
00:53When her body was found in April 1944, both the Rasher's came under strong suspicion of murder.
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