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A. On this particular occasion, it was regarding bedding, blankets.
They had issued us some blankets in Lager VI that were made out of, I suppose
you say were such that if you happened to move in bed at night you tore it.
Even if you would shake the blanket, the blanket would fall to pieces, and the
guards or the supervisory officer there, the German officer, they made a
particular visit to the rooms to see that everything was all right; he would
complain about the wanton, as he called it, destruction of the blankets.
MR. MINSKOFF: That is all. Thank you.
PRESIDING JUDGE SHAKE:
Anything further?
RECROSS -EXAMINATION
DR. SEIDL
(counsel for defendant Duerrfeld) : Witness, in what camp were you, in No. VIII
or No. VI?
A. In both Lagers, Lager VIII and Lager VI.
Q. Is it
correct that both Lager VIII and Lager VI were guarded by the German Wehrmacht
and that the entire administration of these camps was in the hands of the
German troops?
A. Not the administration, sir, only for discipline. The
administration came from Dr. Duerrfeld. The orders that were sent to us were in
German and in English and signed by Dr. Duerrfeld. So, therefore, Dr. Duerrfeld
was the man that we naturally took to be the boss of the show.
Q.
Witness, what did these orders refer to that you mentioned just now? What were
the contents of these orders? Did you see these orders yourself?
A. Oh,
yes, I had them in my office. I had a sort of office where I placed all the
orders that came through, even if they were in German, so that every British
rank in the camp could see them. One order I can recollect was an alteration in
the time of the British prisoners of war proceeding to work. It had been
altered from half past six to half past five in the morning.
Q.
Witness, but you personally and the other prisoners of war could be given
orders only by the German officers who had power of command over the prisoners
of war? Is that right?
A. Oh, no sir. If any German civilian — I
beg your pardon, when I say German civilian I mean any civilian that was a
member of I. G. Farben — could walk in our camp and give orders. I mean he
was authorized — he had a pass to show that he was one of the people that
was in charge of us.
Q. Can you remember the rank of the German officer
who was the commander of the prisoner-of-war camp? Was that a captain, a major,
or what?
A. A lieutenant, sir.
Q. Do you remember his name?
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