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| we also advertised in our camp newspapers. In
several cases our inquiries were successful. I believe that I can recall that
from the district of Bayreuth a transport of several children was sent to the
Camp Rote-Klippe, where they joined their relatives. This camp was located in
the labor allocation area. Q. What was finally done with these children? A. Which children are you referring to, those in the camps or those children who had joined their families? Q. I am referring to the children who remained in the camps. A. These children were to be placed at the disposal of Lebensborn. Q. Was this done? A. No. Only to a very small extent did Lebensborn relieve us of some children. Q. Witness, you know that in the VoMi camps there were not only resettlers but also deportees. In what manner could these resettlers who were in VoMi camps represent their own interests? A. There was an order in effect stating that the people who were in the camps could elect a spokesman, a male spokesman and a female spokesman, in a democratic manner and the camp administration did not have any influence on this election of a spokesman. This was not only done with regard to the resettlers, but applied to all people who were in VoMi camps. |
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| PRESIDING JUDGE WYATT: Witness, I
understood you to state that on some occasions Slovenes who were not eligible
for Germanization would get into VoMi camps, and that a further racial
examination was conducted so that you could get them out of the VoMi camps.
What did you do with them? WITNESS KLINGSPORN : We handed in lists of all people whom we knew were not eligible for Germanization, and these lists were forwarded to the competent offices. Q. What offices? A. The Race and Settlement Main Office. Q. The Race and Settlement Main Office. How many people, approximately, would you have in these VoMi camps — on an average? A. There were approximately one million people who passed through the VoMi camps. Q. Approximately how many would you have in a camp at any one time? A. About six hundred thousand. Q. I mean each individual camp. What would be the size of each camp — approximately in number? A. The capacity of the camps differed. There were camps which |
