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| Evidence for the Prosecution |
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| Brigadier Glyn Hughes
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hospital for
battle casualties, and in which were approximately 604 patients.
One of
the reasons you suggested for the death of these people was their apathy, and
you were asked whether or not a proper treatment for apathy was to force people
out of their beds in the morning.. If a man is ill and starving, what is the
proper thing to do with him in the morning, apart from feeding him? —
Feeding him, washing him and seeing that he is perfectly comfortable. Cases
like this require almost individual attention — feeding with small amounts
frequently and everything which can possibly be done for them. They should not
be made to make any muscular effort.
Could dragging them from their
beds by force or beating them be proper treatment? — No.
Could
forcing them to stand, sometime for hours at a time, on a roll-call be proper
treatment? — The worst they could do.
Could forcing them to work
be proper treatment? — No.
Did you detect any sign amongst any of
the S.S. or guards, the Kommandant, or the doctor at that internment camp of
any care for the health or well-being of the internees? — None a all; they
seemed perfectly indifferent.
By the JUDGE ADVOCATE — What
has been done to Camp No. 1 to change it from what it was at the time this
happened to what it is to-day? — No. 1 Camp has been completely evacuated
and was burned on 21st May, except for the administration block nearest the
road, which was occupied by S.S.
It is not now possible then to see an
example of one of these huts or a cookhouse? — Not in Camp No. 1. There
was one brick cookhouse, the walls of which may be standing, but it bears no
resemblance to what it was at the time. Camp No. 2 is in exactly the same
condition as it was in April, 1945.
By a Member of the Court
— Were the food supplies actually in that camp, but not issued, sufficient
to feed the internees for a period? — Yes. There were supplies in the
cookhouse which would have supplied meals daily for a day or two.
Do
you know where the nearest supply depot used for the camp was, and whether
there was a good supply in it? — Within two miles, and I understand the
supply was good. It was under German military control. There was a bakery, and
I think probably a civilian dairy quite close.
Can you tell us a little
more about the medical supplies available in the camp? — They, were in a
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