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| that the defendant Tschentscher is not guilty of participating in the murders and atrocities committed in the Russian campaign as alleged by the prosecution. |
| TSCHENTSCHER'S ACTIVITIES
IN THE WVHA |
| On 1 October 1943, the defendant was
transferred to the WVHA and was appointed chief of Amt B I of Amtsgruppe B;
shortly thereafter he was appointed deputy to Georg Loerner, chief of
Amtsgruppe B. He stated that his duties and responsibilities as chief of Amt B
I consisted of the following: All matters pertaining to food concerning tile
Waffen SS and the police at home, roughly for about 1,000,000 men. His duties
also comprised the negotiations with the army administrative office, in order
to fix the food rations for the troops. His office also worked on the planning
and the actual delivery of the food, the earmarking of the rations, and their
supply to 30 troop storage plants which were scattered over the Reich. His task
was to have the food ready so that it could be collected by the troops. About
twenty to thirty thousand concentration camp guards were fed by his office.
This particular aspect of his feeding program was done by the troop camp stores
in the area where the concentration camps were located. lie stated that his
office did not have anything to do with feeding and supplying food for
concentration camp inmates. It may be seen from his statements that the only contact his office had with concentration camps was the furnishing of food for the concentration camp guards. He further stated that Burger, chief of office D IV came to see him three or four times for the purpose of securing certain food for concentration camps. Burger stated that he wanted to have special diet furnished for sick inmates, such as fruit, canned vegetables, and wine in small quantities, which he could not otherwise obtain. He stated that he furnished these articles to Burger but realized at the time that he was exceeding his authority. (Tr. p. 3169.) The defendant stated that he visited the concentration camps in a few cases. On one occasion, in 1941, he visited concentration camp Dachau. While there he participated in an inspection of the actual concentration camp, and testified that the barracks were extremely clean and quite fit for human habitation. The inmates kitchen, the hospital, and the dental station were very modern; and other installations, such as the bakery shop, the carpenter shop, and workshops were all in excellent condition. The inspection lasted about an hour and a half, and was conducted by five or six SS leaders (Tr. pp. 3177-8.) Towards the end of 1944 he visited Buchenwald concentration |
