For my fellow researchers:
Here is the page from the transcript of the Sixth Floor Museum interview where Malcolm Couch mentions a SS man putting a piece of brain matter on a secretary's desk. I had contacted Stephen Fagin at the SFM via email, and he told me that he didn't know who the secretary was (and thus far I have not been able to track her down), but it was something Gary Mack had told him. That's all I know.
Here is the page from the transcript of the Sixth Floor Museum interview where Malcolm Couch mentions a SS man putting a piece of brain matter on a secretary's desk. I had contacted Stephen Fagin at the SFM via email, and he told me that he didn't know who the secretary was (and thus far I have not been able to track her down), but it was something Gary Mack had told him. That's all I know.
When I emailed Stephen Fagin to try to find the name of the secretary, this was the email exchange:
On Oct 6, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Stephen Fagin <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Denise,
I hope that you are doing well. I’m afraid that I do not have a name, though I can say with certainly that it was not a story shared via our Oral History Project. To the best of my recollection, that was an anecdotal story shared privately with me by my colleague, the late Gary Mack, though I do not believe he ever mentioned a name or if he did, I cannot recall it. It may have been hearsay, and I believe that’s how Gary originally relayed it to me. I should have been clearer about that in the Couch interview back in 2007. That story has only stuck in mind over the years because of the horrific image it evoked. I’m sorry that I don’t have more concrete information to share.
Best,
Stephen
From: Denise Hazelwood <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:16 PM
To: Stephen Fagin <[email protected]>
Subject: Question about Malcolm Couch Interview from 4/2/2007
In your interview with Malcolm Couch, page 24, you said:
Stephen: There was a secretary from the schoolbook depository that remembers an official putting a chunk of brain matter on her desk, just to hold it there for a minute while he was questioning people, so that might’ve been what sa...
Can you tell me who the secretary was?
-Denise H.
On Oct 6, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Stephen Fagin <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Denise,
I hope that you are doing well. I’m afraid that I do not have a name, though I can say with certainly that it was not a story shared via our Oral History Project. To the best of my recollection, that was an anecdotal story shared privately with me by my colleague, the late Gary Mack, though I do not believe he ever mentioned a name or if he did, I cannot recall it. It may have been hearsay, and I believe that’s how Gary originally relayed it to me. I should have been clearer about that in the Couch interview back in 2007. That story has only stuck in mind over the years because of the horrific image it evoked. I’m sorry that I don’t have more concrete information to share.
Best,
Stephen
From: Denise Hazelwood <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 1:16 PM
To: Stephen Fagin <[email protected]>
Subject: Question about Malcolm Couch Interview from 4/2/2007
In your interview with Malcolm Couch, page 24, you said:
Stephen: There was a secretary from the schoolbook depository that remembers an official putting a chunk of brain matter on her desk, just to hold it there for a minute while he was questioning people, so that might’ve been what sa...
Can you tell me who the secretary was?
-Denise H.