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Q Well, now, may I assume that they wanted 20 people for heavy
cable work. They were picked out by the SS, weren't they?
A. They were
picked out from those who did not have any special profession on record.
Q. But they were picked out by the SS?
A. Yes, the
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| 2. AFFIDAVIT AND TESTIMONY OF NORBERT
WOLLHEIM |
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| a. Affidavit |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-9807
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| AFFIDAVIT |
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I, Norbert Wollheim, presently living at Wakenitzerstrasse 34 b,
Luebeck, having been informed that I shall be subject to punishment if I make a
false statement, herewith testify under oath voluntarily and without duress:
1. On 8 March 1943, my wife, myself, and my son, age 3, were arrested
by the SS in Berlin during the last big anti-Jewish drive. After spending
several days in the collecting camp Grasse Hamburgerstrasse I was transported
to the concentration camp Auschwitz, together with my family. On arriving at
the station at Auschwitz, I was separated from my wife and child and have not
seen them since.
The whole transport from Berlin consisted of about
1,000 people; about 220 men, mostly young men capable of working, were sorted
out and sent to concentration camp Monowitz in trucks from the station in
Auschwitz.
2. In camp Monowitz we were met by the SS, the camp elder
[Lageraelteste] and several block elders, and taken to a washing hut. In front
of the washing but we were lined up in lives and then allowed to enter in
groups. On entering the hut, all valuables had to be thrown into a suitcase
standing there and guarded by the SS. After that we were forced to hand in all
our civilian clothes, except the shoes, and our personal papers. Our heads were
shaved then. After that we were taken to the collective bath and disinfected.
Only during that process did we hear from other inmates who had been there
longer that we were in the concentration camp Auschwitz, which was part of an
IG plant. If we wanted to survive we would have to be prepared to do the heavy
work required from us by the I. G. Farben.
3. Concentration camp
Monowitz consisted of approximately 20 |
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