| CONTENTS |
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PAGE |
| Title Pages |
i-v |
| List of
Illustrations |
xvii |
| Foreword |
xxi |
| Introduction |
xxiii |
| Glossary |
xlvi |
| Comparative Ranks in
the Wehrmacht, S.S., and British Army |
vlxiii |
| The Court and Counsel
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1 |
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| THE
TRIAL |
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| First Day —
Monday, 17th September, 1945 |
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| Indictment |
4 |
| Request by Defence
for the services of an expert on International Law |
5 |
| Application by
Defence for charges to be heard separately |
7 |
| Application by
Defence for separate trials |
12 |
| Opening Speech for
the Prosecution |
14 |
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| Second Day
— Tuesday, 18th September, 1945 |
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| EVIDENCE FOR THE
PROSECUTION |
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| Brigadier Hugh
Llewelyn Glyn Hughes |
30 |
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| Third Day —
Wednesday, 19th September, 1945 |
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| Brigadier Glyn Hughes
(continued) |
41 |
| Deposition of
Lieut.-Colonel J. A. D. Johnston |
44 |
| Captain Derek A.
Sington |
47 |
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| Fourth Day
— Thursday, 20th. September, 1945 |
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| Major A. L.
Berney |
53 |
| Film of Belsen Camp
shown |
56 |
| Harold Osmond Le
Druillenec |
57 |
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| Fifth Day —
Friday, 21st September, 1945 |
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| Dr. Ada
Bimko |
66 |
| Visit by Court to
Belsen Camp |
71 |
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| Sixth Day —
Saturday, 22nd September, 1945 |
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| Dr. Ada Bimko
(continued) |
71 |
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| Seventh Day
— Monday, 24th September, 1945 |
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| Sophia
Litwinska |
79 |
| Cecilia
Frommer |
84 |
| Anni Jonas |
84 |
| Dora
Szafran |
84 |
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| Eighth Day
— Tuesday, 25th September, 1945 |
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| Dora Szafran
(continued) |
86 |
| Helen
Hammermasch |
90 |
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| Ninth Day —
Wednesday, 26th September, 1945 |
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| EVIDENCE FOR THE
DEFENCE |
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| Major G. A. J.
Smallwood |
94 |
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| EVIDENCE FOR THE
PROSECUTION (continued) |
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| Ilona
Stein |
99 |
| Abraham Glinowieski
|
103 |
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| Tenth Day —
Thursday, 27th September, 1945 |
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| Application by the
Defence for Colonel H. A. Smith to be admitted as an additional Defending
Officer |
104 |
| Abraham Glinowieski
(continued) |
105 |
| Hanka
Rozenwayg |
108 |
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| Eleventh Day
— Friday, 28th September, 1945 |
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| Lieut.-Colonel S. G.
Champion |
108 |
| Lidia
Sunschein |
116 |
| Dr. Fritz
Leo |
120 |
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| Twelfth Day
— Saturday, 29th September, 1945 |
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| Estera
Guterman |
127 |
| Paula
Singer |
127 |
| Ruchla
Koppel |
127 |
| Helen
Klein |
127 |
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| Thirteenth Day
— Monday, 1st October, 1945 |
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| Dr. Charles Sigsmund
Bendel |
130 |
| Anita
Lasker |
139 |
| Geria
Zylberdukaten |
139 |
| Syncha
Zamoski |
139 |
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Fourteenth to
Eighteenth Days — Tuesday, 2nd October,
1945, to Saturday, 6th
October, 1945 |
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| Ester
Wohlgruth |
139 |
| Marcel
Tuchmann |
139 |
| Ewa Gryka |
139 |
| C.S.M. John
Liddle |
140 |
| Sergeant C. A.
Scamans |
140 |
| Sergeant E.
Dinsdale |
140 |
| Sergeant L. W.
Higgs |
140 |
| Sergeant H.
Aitchison |
140 |
| Captain Saville
Malcolm Stewart |
140 |
| Affidavit by Heinz
Masseth |
140 |
| Affidavit by Sergeant
Trip |
140 |
| Affidavit by Sergeant
Rothschild |
140 |
| Objection by Defence
to affidavits |
141 |
| Reading of affidavits
by Prosecution (see also Appendix III) |
141 |
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| Nineteenth Day
— Monday, 8th October, 1945 |
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| EVIDENCE FOR THE
DEFENCE |
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| Opening Speech for
the Defendant Kramer |
145 |
| Josef
Kramer |
156 |
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| Twentieth Day
— Tuesday, 9th October, 1945 |
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| Josef Kramer
(continued) |
167 |
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| Twenty-first Day
— Wednesday, 10th October, 1945 |
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| Josef Kramer
(continued) |
180 |
| Mrs. Rosina
Kramer |
182 |
| Dr. Fritz
Klein |
183 |
| Peter
Weingartner |
188 |
| George
Kraft |
191 |
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| Twenty-second
Day — Thursday, 11th October, 1945 |
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| George Kraft
(continued) |
193 |
| Franz
Hoessler |
195 |
| Postcard written by
Erika Schopf |
207 |
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| Twenty-third Day
— Friday, 12th October, 1945 |
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| Juana
Bormann |
207 |
| Elisabeth
Volkenrath |
213 |
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| Twenty-fourth
Day — Saturday, 13th October, 1945 |
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| Prosecution request
to use Soviet film |
222 |
| Elisabeth
Volkenrath (continued) |
224 |
| Erika Schopf
|
225 |
| Herta Ehlert
|
227 |
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| Twenty-fifth Day
— Monday, 15th October, 1945 |
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| Soviet film of
Auschwitz shown |
231 |
| Herta Ehlert
(continued) |
231 |
| Jutta
Madlung |
242 |
| Inga Madlung |
242 |
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| Twenty-sixth Day
— Tuesday, 16th October, 1945 |
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| Opening Speech for
Grese, Lothe, Lohbauer and Klippel |
242 |
| Helene Grese |
247 |
| Irma Grese |
248 |
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| Twenty-seventh
Day — Wednesday, 17th October, 1945 |
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| Erma Grese
(continued) |
253 |
| Argument on
admissibility of affidavits by witnesses |
261 |
| Ilse Lothe |
267 |
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| Twenty-eighth
Day — Thursday, 18th October, 1945 |
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| Hilde
Lohbauer |
273 |
| Josef Klippel
|
280 |
| Paul
Kreutzer |
284 |
| Emmi
Sochtig |
285 |
| Emile
Kltscho |
285 |
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| Twenty-ninth Day
— Friday, 19th October, 1945 |
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| Stefan
Hermann |
286 |
| Oscar
Schmitz |
286 |
| Karl
Francioh |
294 |
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| Thirtieth Day
— Saturday, 20th October, 1945 |
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| Affidavit by Raymond
Dujeu |
303 |
| Ladislaw Gura
|
304 |
| Fritz
Mathes |
308 |
| Gisela
Koblischek |
311 |
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| Thirty-first Day
— Monday, 22nd October, 1945 |
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| Otto
Kulessa |
312 |
| Karl Egersdorf
|
316 |
| Ansgar
Pichen |
319 |
| Walter
Otto |
323 |
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| Thirty-second
Day — Tuesday, 23rd October, 1945 |
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| Franz Stofel
|
325 |
| Defendant Gura
admitted to hospital |
327 |
| Franz Stofel
(continued) |
329 |
| Heinrich
Schreirer |
333 |
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| Thirty-second Day — Tuesday, 23rd October,
1945 (continued) |
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| Maria
Schreirer |
338 |
| Wilhelm
Dorr |
339 |
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| Thirty-third Day
— Wednesday, 24th October, 1945 |
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| Wilhelm Dorr
(continued) |
339 |
| Gertrud
Neumann |
343 |
| Erika
Ceconi |
351 |
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| Thirty-fourth
Day — Thursday, 25th October, 1945 |
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| Ilse
Steinbusch |
352 |
| Statement for
Barsch |
355 |
| Dr. Ernst Heinrich
Schmidt |
355 |
| Dr. Alfred
Kurzke |
359 |
| Erich
Zoddel |
361 |
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| Thirty-Fifth Day
— Friday, 26th October, 1945 |
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| Erich Zoddel
(continued) |
363 |
| Ignatz
Schlomoivicz |
367 |
| Siegmund
Freund |
372 |
| Deposition of Daniel
Blickblau |
372 |
| Ilse
Forster |
373 |
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| Thirty-sixth Day
— Saturday, 27th October, 1945 |
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| Ida
Forster |
377 |
| Klara
Opitz |
379 |
| Charlotte
Klein |
381 |
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| Thirty-seventh
Day — Monday, 29th October, 1945 |
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| Plan of Belsen Camp
accepted in evidence |
383 |
| Charlotte Klein
(continued) |
383 |
| Herta
Bothe |
385 |
| Gertrud
Rheinholdt |
389 |
| Freida
Walter |
390 |
| Irene
Haschke |
393 |
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| Thirty-eighth
Day — Tuesday, 30 October, 1945 |
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| Agreement with regard
to the taking over of Belsen Camp |
396 |
| John
Mallon |
397 |
| Gertrud
Fiest |
398 |
| Gertrud
Sauer |
402 |
| Hilde
Lisiewitz |
404 |
| Johanne
Roth |
407 |
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| Thirty-ninth Day
— Wednesday, 31st October, 1945 |
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| Anna
Hempel |
410 |
| Statement on behalf
of Hildegard Hahnel |
414 |
| Opening Speech by.
Lieut. Jedrzejowicz |
414 |
| Stanislawa
Starostka |
415 |
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| Fortieth Day
— Thursday, 1st November, 1945 |
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| Stanislawa Starostka
(continued) |
425 |
| Anna Wojciechowska
|
426 |
| Krystyna Agnieszka
Janicka |
427 |
| Maria
Chudzik |
429 |
| Stanislawa
Komsta |
429 |
| Sofia
Nowogrodzka |
430 |
| Anton Polanski
|
431 |
| Siegmund Krajewski
|
435 |
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| Forty-first Day
— Friday, 2nd November, 1945 |
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| Wladislaw
Rakoczy |
437 |
| Marian
Tatarczuk |
439 |
| Helena
Kopper |
441 |
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| Forty-second Day
— Saturday, 3rd November, 1945 |
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| Helena Kopper
(continued) |
448 |
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| Forty-third Day
— Monday, 5th November, 1945 |
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| Vladislav
Ostrowski |
454 |
| D. Saloman |
458 |
| Affidavit by Rumauld
Weber |
459 |
| Medislaw Burgraf
|
460 |
| Josef
Trzos |
464 |
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| Forty-fourth Day
— Tuesday, 6th November, 1945 |
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| Antoni
Aurdzieg |
465 |
| Medislav
Andrzejewski |
472 |
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| ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
FOR THE DEFENCE |
|
| Hermann
Müller |
474 |
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| Forty-fifth Day
— Wednesday, 7th November, 1945 |
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| Affidavit by
Brigadier Glyn Hughes |
479 |
| Letter by Johanna
Therese Kurd |
479 |
| Heinrich
Brammer |
480 |
| Albert
Tusch |
481 |
| Heinrich Schreirer
(recalled) |
482 |
| Captain David Hubert
James Williams |
485 |
| Legal Argument for
the Defence by Colonel Smith |
486 |
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| Forty-sixth Day
— Thursday, 8th November, 1945 |
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| Closing Speech for
Kramer, Fritz Klein, Weingartner and Kraft |
512 |
| Closing Speech for
Hoessler, Bormann, Volkenrath and Ehlert |
520 |
| Closing Speech for
Klippel, Grese, Lothe and Lohbauer |
530 |
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| Forty-Seventh
Day — Friday 9th November, 1945 |
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| Closing Speech for
Klippel, Grese, Lothe and Lohbauer (continued) |
536 |
| Closing Speech for
Schmitz and Francioh |
541 |
| Closing Speech for
Mathes, Kulessa and Egersdorf |
546 |
| Closing Speech for
Pichen, Otto and Stofel |
548 |
| Closing Speech for
Schreirer, Dorr, Barsch and Zoddel |
533 |
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| Forty-eighth Day
— Saturday, 10th November, 1945 |
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| Closing Speech for
Schreirer, Dorr, Barsch and Zoddel (continued) |
554 |
| Closing Speech for
Schlomoivicz, Ilse Forster, Ida Forster and Opitz |
559 |
| Closing Speech for
Charlotte Klein, Bothe, Walter and Haschke |
562 |
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| Forty-ninth Day
— Monday, 12th November, 1945 |
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| Closing Speech for
Fiest, Sauer and Lisiewitz |
568 |
| Closing Speech for
Roth, Hempel and Hahnel |
571 |
| Closing Speech for
Starostka, Polanski, Kopper, Ostrowski, Burgraf and Aurdzieg |
574 |
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| Fiftieth Day
— Tuesday, 13th November, 1945 |
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| Closing Speech for
the Prosecution |
585 |
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Fifty-first to
Fifty-third Days — Wednesday, 14th
November, 1945, to
Friday, 16th November, 1945 |
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| Summing-up |
630 |
| Findings by the
Court |
641 |
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| Fifty-fourth Day
— Saturday, 17th November, 1945 |
|
| Pleas in mitigation
of Sentences |
643 |
| Sentences |
643 |
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| APPENDICES |
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| I — Royal
Warrant of 18th June, 1945 |
647 |
| II — List of
Exhibits |
652 |
| III — Affidavits
and Statements — Index |
654 |
| Context |
655 |
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xv |
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