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| of them? In what connection did he talk about
this Jewish skilled labor? A. That is what I wanted to mention before. In this connection he said craftsmen were urgently required for work essential for the war and in Dnepropetrovsk large workshops were being set up for which craftsmen were particularly required who were to be used there to do work essential for the war, in particular tailors — Q. But now please restrict it to the Jews. Please don't ramble all over the place. What did he say that he wanted about the Jews? A. He mentioned this in connection with these workshops and said if Jewish craftsmen existed in this territory they were to be assigned to these jobs. Q. Yes. Then he asked you to gather whatever Jewish craftsmen you could and send them to these plants; is that what he told you ? A. Yes, your Honor, but this not only concerned Jewish craftsmen but it was like this — Q. Now, just a moment. Did he tell you, "I want you to get some Jewish craftsmen or as many craftsmen as you can, but where they are Jews you are not to liquidate them, in spite of the fact that there is a Fuehrer order out to the effect that the Jews are to be liquidated." Did he tell you that? A. Your Honor, liquidation of Jews was never mentioned at all, and I cannot say anything else. I already said this to Mr. Wartenberg, that for the first time I heard about this fact was here and may I add one thing now? The following happened during my time in the territory of Sonderkommando 4b. I know that quite a number of Jews, and as far as I remember there must have been more than a hundred, were used as horsecart drivers for the army. From the rear they brought up new vehicles to the front; that must have been in April or May Q. All right. That's enough. You told us that you know that a hundred Jews were used as drivers for the army .It isn't necessary to go into so much detail. |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT BRAUNE* |
| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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| DR. MAYER (Counsel for defendant Braune) :
When were the Jews, gypsies, and Krimchaks executed in Simferopol, with which
you are charged? DEFENDANT BRAUNE: In the first half of December 1941. |
* Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript 26, 26 November and 1, 2 December 1947, pp. 3004-3054; 3060-3223.
