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| Evidence for the Prosecution |
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| Major Berney
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from your food
in the stores?”? — No. My first question was, “Are you the
officer in charge of the stores?”
Was the phrase “Camp No.
1” first mentioned by you or by the Wehrmacht Captain? — The phrase
“Camp No. 1” was not mentioned, because at that time I did not know
it was called Camp No. 1. We both referred to it as the concentration camp. In
fact there were two concentration camps.
Did the Wehrmacht Captain
indicate which other units he supplied rations to? — Yes, the Hungarian
regiment, their families and the Wehrmacht troops in the camp.
Did he
mention that German units as far away as Hanover were supplied by that store?
— He said nothing about Hanover.
Did you get details of daily
issues from this store? — No.
Was the Captain also in charge of
the bread store? — I do not know exactly, but I gathered he was. I got no
details of the daily issues of bread.
Did you have any expert advice
that was not available to the Germans with regard to the water supply? —
We pumped the water from the river using the S.S. men. Later a R.E.M.E. Major
arrived to help to get the water supply working. The water in the river was fit
to drink.
Cross-examined by Major MUNRO — Does all your
evidence refer to what is now known as Camp No. 1? — No. Some of my
evidence refers to the German army rations store at the north of the camp,
which was neither Camp No. 1 nor Camp No. 2. I gathered from the German Captain
that both concentration camps were fed from his store.
Cross-examined by Captain ROBERTS — There were a certain
number of S.S. men in Camp No. 1. Do you know whether during the first two or
three days any restraint was put on their movements? — They were arrested,
but whether it was within the first two or three days or not I do not know, nor
do I know if any S.S. men came back or were brought back to the camp after I
had arrived.
Cross-examined by Captain NEAVE — Can you give
us some idea of what German transport there was in running order at Camp No. 1?
— I cannot remember any German transport in running order except trailers.
Did you find out how the rations got from the German food store to Camp
No. 1? — No.
Cross-examined by Captain PHILLIPS — You
told the Court that various other units were being supplied from the ration
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