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names are
unknown, and physical suffering to other persons interned there, Allied
nationals and particularly to Harold Osmund le Druillenec (a British national),
Benec Zuchermann, a female internee named Korperova, a female internee named
Hoffmann, Luba Rormann, Isa Frydmann (all Polish nationals) and Alexandra
Siwidowa, a Russian national and other Allied nationals whose names are
unknown.
2nd Charge.
The accused Josef Kramer, Fritz
Klein, Peter Weingartner, George Kraft, Hoessler alias Hessler
alias Essler, Juana Bormann, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Herta Ehlert, Irma
Grese, Ilse Lothe, Hilde Lobauer alias Lohbauer, Stanislawa Staroska,
being in the charge of 5th Battalion The Duke of Cornwall’s Light
Infantry, pursuant to Regulation 4 of the “Regulations for the trial of
War Criminals,” are charged with |
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WAR CRIME |
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THEY |
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at Auschwitz,
Poland, between 1st October, 1942,and 30th April, 1945, when members of the
staff of Auschwitz Concentration Camp responsible for the well-being of the
persons interned there, in violation of the law and usages of war, were
together concerned as parties to ill-treatment of certain of such persons,
causing the deaths of Rachella Silberstein (a Polish national), Allied
nationals, and other Allied nationals whose names are unknown, and physical
suffering to other persons interned there, Allied nationals, and particularly
to Ewa Gryka and Hanka Rosenwayg (both Polish nationals) and other Allied
nationals whose names are unknown.
THE JUDGE ADVOCATE — If any of
the Defending Officers wish to make any application before the accused are
asked to plead to the first charge, the Court will hear what you have to say.
Major CRANFIELD — I wish to make a application which, by agreement
with all the defending officers, is made on behalf of all the accused. The
application falls under two heads, and the first part arises out of Rule of
Procedure 3 and is an objection that the charge does not disclose an offence.
My application on that is that the right of the Defence to make such an
objection should be reserved and that the trial should proceed without
prejudice to the right to make the objection at a later stage. The second part
of my application arises under Rule of Procedure 39. It is an application to
the Court for assistance in the preparation of the defence |
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