. NMT06-T0771
Volume VI · Page 771
| Q. Did some of them
wear an "SU"? A. Yes. Some of them wore an "SU" too. Q. And what did the other prisoners of war, the non-Russian ones wear as identifying marks? A. They had no special identification mark. They only had a colored stripe on their back; for instance, the French ones did. Q. In what shops were these prisoners of war working? A. The prisoners of war worked in all plants, not only in machine construction and in the smithy, but in the steel foundry and in shell production. Q. What type of products were being produced at this particular plant, the Groeditz plant? A. In the machine construction plant we made guns for the navy, 10.5 and 8.8. In the other plant they made shells. Q. Is that all? A. Then a limited number of mines were also produced, and component parts such as gun barrels for instance, which were then passed on to other assembly firms. Q. What finished products were being made at Groeditz? A. The only finished products were guns. Q. Was it necessary as part of your official duty to be moving in and around the machines that were manufacturing these guns, gun barrels, shells and other munitions? A. I was only in the machine construction plant as chief of the assembly department. The other plants I only visited occasionally. Perhaps I would pass through once a month. Q. In the assembly plant, where you were stationed, what types of products were being produced? A. Only naval guns, 10.5 and 8.8. Q. Were any prisoners of war of any nationality being used in the manufacture of those naval guns? A. Only prisoners of war. In the mechanical production or in assembly for this production there were only prisoners of war. Q. Did you see prisoners of war being used in the other plants in the manufacture of other products when you did visit there? A. Yes. Exactly as in the assembly plant prisoners of war were engaged in making shells and so on. Q. Can you estimate the percentage of prisoners of war and ether non-German labor that was used in the Groeditz plant for the manufacture of these instruments of war? A. In addition, there were civilian workers, that is, Frenchmen, Belgians and Dutchmen. Q. Were there any German workers in that plant? A. The ratio up to 1943 was about 20 percent Germans and all the rest were foreigners and prisoners of war. |
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