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Volume V · Page 576
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the plants. They would be brought to my knowledge. Q. Now how does — how do you reconcile that with just what you told me? You said you received no report of any deaths among inmates working for DEST. Now, you say you received a report of certain accidents. Was anybody killed in these accidents? A. As far as I can recall we had a fatal accident at one time at Flossenbuerg. The person later on died of his injuries. I know that because the legal department worked on the accident insurance, etc. I also know such a case from Oranienburg. This happened in the year 1944. Q. These two deaths you remember having received a report on, is that correct? A. Yes. It was a plant accident with fatal results. Q. Other than those two deaths you received no reports, no information about deaths among the inmates working for DEST, is that right? A. I can't recall any additional ones. |
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| Q. You knew nothing about mass
transportations of Jews? A. No. Q. What about your statement and the letter signed by you, Document NO-1278, Prosecution Exhibit 440 ? It is in book 16. That is your letter concerning the diamond-cutting operation in Herzogenbusch [Hertogenbosch] and the proposal to transfer it to Gross-Rosen? A. I didn't hear the last word. Where was it being transferred to? Q. Gross-Rosen? A. No, not Gross-Rosen. Q. Bergen-Belsen? A. Yes. Q. Do you have that letter before you? A. Yes. Q. Do you see on page one of the original where you are summarizing the development, the date March 1944, you state that the Reich Leader SS orders the deportation of Jews from the Netherlands ? A. It doesn't say so here. Q. What does it say there? A. What it says here is March 1944. The last Jewish diamond cutters have been transported away. I should say first of all about this document that although I signed it, I didn't draw it up. Q. Just a minute, Witness, we are not interested in that right now. Let's get this translation straight. Are you reading from |
