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[oc...] -casions of your visits, did you ever ask any of them whether
they received sufficient food?
A. Yes, I asked and tried to find out
generally how the food situation was there, and in the office of Dr. Duerrfeld,
there was a graph concerning the calory content of the food.
Q. May I
interrupt a moment? I merely asked whether you spoke to inmates, not about the
chart you mention. Now, the inmates, did you ask the inmates whether they had
sufficient food?
A. Well, that might have been during my conversation
with Herr Pfeffer,* that is possible.
Q. Dr. Ambros, when you were
there in the winter time, were you able to observe whether their clothing was
adequate?
A. I do remember the inmates, and that they had overcoats,
and that during the last years they had coats, that is, civilian coats. I
remember that an immense number of coke fires and wood fires were there like in
every construction yard, and the people would gather around it; and I remember
also that on particularly cold days, no inmate would be assigned to work. For
instance, 1941 and 1942, for months they wouldn’t assign any inmates to
work and I think also during the winter 1942-1943, assignment of inmates was
cancelled when it was cold, as it is customary on construction yards not to
work when it is too cold.
Q. Dr. Ambros, you mentioned that during your
visits to the concentration camp Auschwitz, you saw a small crematorium, or did
you just notice that there was no smoke coming from the chimney?
A. I
didn't visit it. I only saw that there was no smoke. It was not in operation.
Q. And that was true on each of your subsequent visits also, is that
right!?
A. Yes, —
Q. Dr. Ambros —
A. Because
the visits were concentrated during the period of 1941, and later on I never
visited that place again.
Q. Dr. Ambros, in your testimony the last
court day, you pointed out that when inmates were beaten, it was not by Farben
people but by the Kapos and the SS, is that right?
A. Yes, that is what
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* Philippe Pfeffer, a
former inmate of the concentration camp Auschwitz worked as a chemist in the I.
G. Farben plant. Pfeffer testified as a prosecution witness and his testimony
is recorded in the mimeographed transcript 17 November 1947, pages
3907-3920.
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