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| I have read the above statement consisting of three pages in the
German language, and declare that it is the full truth according to the best of
my knowledge and belief. I had the opportunity to make changes and corrections
in the above statement. I have made this statement voluntarily without any
promise of reward, and I was not subjected to any compulsion or
threat. |
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| [Signed] CARL KRAUCH |
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Nuernberg
22 January 1947 |
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| E. Affidavits and Testimonies of Prosecution Witnesses
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| 1. AFFIDAVIT AND TESTIMONY OF ARNOST TAUBER |
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| a. Affidavit |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-4829
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
1455 |
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| AFFIDAVIT |
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I, Arnost Tauber, civil servant in the Czechoslovakian Foreign
Office, after having been informed that I am liable to punishment by making
false statements, hereby declare the following under oath voluntarily and
without having been subjected to any duress:
1. I was arrested on two
occasions. The first time in May 1939 for the distribution of illegal leaflets.
I was imprisoned for 77 days. In September 1939 I was arrested for the second
time in the course of the hostage actions and brought to Dachau by way of the
jail at Pankratz, and from there to Buchenwald. From Buchenwald I was
transferred to the main camp at Auschwitz in October 1942, and a week later I
was sent from there to Monowitz with the first transport. I remained at
Monowitz until August 1944, when I was transferred to Treblinka.
2. In
Monowitz usually 400 prisoners slept in one block. The block was provided with
facilities for 162 prisoners. In 1943, up to 3 men slept in one bed.
At
that time 2 tents with an approximate capacity of 800-1000 Prisoners were also
erected. Each of these tents had a large exit and one small hatch-window. In
case of fire (and the danger of fire existed constantly because the tents
contained straw) not many men would have been able to save their lives. The I.
G. Farben was responsible for the billeting.
3. At the beginning of the
year 1943, the I. G. Farben took over the provisioning of the Camp Monowitz.
During the first few days of the taking-over, the food improved only slightly.
It was generally insufficient and did not contain any fat at all. It consisted
of 1 liter |
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