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| Evidence for the Prosecution |
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| Brigadier Glyn Hughes
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With regard to
the questions about persons who had been beaten up, did you make any general
examination of patients? — That was not part of my work. I was too busy
organizing measures to deal with the situation. I understood that there were
cases in the hospital of persons who had been injured by beating.
Were
the figures quoted in your report of diseases broken down supplied to you by
Dr. Klein? — Yes, but whether he had broken them down himself I do not
know. The figures of surgical cases is not a result of my own observations.
He gave a figure of about 1700 typhus, while the correct figure was
bearer 10,000? — Nearer 10,000 among the living and dead of the
approximately 14,000 we hospitalized. We actually treated 3500 of these 14,000.
You told us that the calorific value of the internees’ diet was
under 800 calories. Would that be sufficient to maintain life over a period?
— No.
Would it be inevitable that a person fed on that diet over a
period would eventually starve? — Absolutely. If, in addition, they were
required to work, it would very much hasten the inevitable end.
What
was the attitude of the internees in the presence of the S.S. after they were
freed? — If one asked an S. S, man any question in front of them, and he
appealed to them, they were obviously frightened to answer.
Would
starvation affect the ability of a person to recount, subsequently, what had
happened to him? — Not until he was in extremis.
Was it
necessary to employ the Field Hygiene Section, Casualty Clearing Station and so
on to deal with the situation which had been created there, or were they
necessary for the normal running of the camp? — They were required to deal
with the situation which had been created there.
Were there any greater
resources available to the British Army there than to the Germans before we
arrived? — The Germans would have had greater, resources from the number
of troops I know were in the neighbourhood.
Were there any medical
personnel amongst the internees? — A large number. To my knowledge no
attempt had been made to organize their services, although they, had made
superhuman efforts themselves, despite the fact that they were not fit.
What Wehrmacht accommodation was there close to the concentration camp?
— There was this beautiful military hospital, which was built to
accommodate 500 very generously but in which we were able to put quite
comfortably between 1000 and 2000, and there were eight barrack blocks which
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