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| Evidence for the Prosecution |
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| Major Berney
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idea of the
total number of rations that had been drawn? — No, I have no idea.
Did you ask the captain in charge of the store on what scale he was
supplying the concentration camps? — No.
By the JUDGE
ADVOCATE — Were you questioning the Wehrmacht Hauptmann to find out what
stores were available to the British to be used for the benefit of the
internees, or were you questioning him to find out what stores had been
available to Kramer when running this camp? — The former is correct.
There was sort of main store in this barrack area from which a number
of different organizations had to be fed? — Yes, that is correct.
Was there any substantial
number of mouths which had to be fed in the barrack area as distinct from what
we have called No 1 and No 2 Concentration Camps? — Yes. The Hungarian and
Wehrmacht troops, numbering in all about 3000.
Did the Hungarian or
Wehrmacht troops get priority over the internees if there was not sufficient
food for everybody? — I know nothing about that.
Did you enquire
from the Hauptmann whether Kramer could demand the rations that he wanted, and
if the Hauptmann would not give him them for the internees, could he over-ride
the Hauptmann, or, had he (Kramer) to take from the Hauptmann what the latter
liked to give him? — The conversation with the Hauptmann did not touch on
that subject.
Did you get anything from the conversation, or did you
form the impression when talking to this Hauptmann that Kramer indented for
what he wanted or that the Hauptmann sent down such food as he did when and how
he liked? — I cannot remember the exact words of the conversation, but the
impression I got was that he had to send down a certain quantity in some sort
of ration scale.
By a Member of the Court — Can you tell us
whether the water-supply system erected by you which was made from local
materials was capable of lasting for some time or was it very temporary? It
would have lasted, and did last, for some time.
Colonel BACKHOUSE -
With the permission of the Court, I propose next to show the film of the scenes
which were found at Belsen. The film is in two parts, the first showing the
general conditions and the second showing the S.S. and the conditions in more
detail, together with the persons who were found there. The first part of the
film is technically bad owing to the appalling weather conditions at the time
it was taken. |
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