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position with perfect clearness. I will ask you now how long do you
intend to pursue this line of inquiry?
DR. SEIDL: I only wanted to put
one question to the witness which reads as follows: —
THE
COMMISSIONER: You may do that. Proceed.
DR. SEIDL: Were the 2,500
inmates who were transferred with you from Mauthausen to Monowitz, people who
had previous convictions, or what sort of people were they?
A. These
were only such inmates who had previous convictions. and that was shown by the
green triangle.
Q. I have no further questions to the witness.
THE COMMISSIONER: Have you something further?
MR. MINSKOFF:
Just one question, Mr. Commissioner.
MR. MINSKOFF: Mr. Witness, will
you tell this Court whether the four and one-half million inmates who died at
Auschwitz-Birkenau were criminals?
DR SEIDL: I object to that question.
This question neither arises from the direct examination nor from the
cross-examination. We all know, Mr. Commissioner, what the prosecution intends
with that question and we also know that this question has nothing in the
slightest to do with this trial.
MR. MINSKOFF: No more questions from
the prosecution, Sir.
THE COMMISSIONER: I don't think we have to go any
further with that. You have made an objection. The record will show it. Have
you any further questions, Mr. Minskoff?
MR. MINSKOFF: None,
sir. |
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7. TESTIMONY OF KARL BRAUS, OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF THE
SYNTHETIC
FUEL PLANT OF FARBEN'S AUSCHWITZ PLANT |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF KARL BRAUS* |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. FLAECHSNER (counsel for defendant Buetefisch): Dr.
Braus will you tell the Tribunal briefly, where do you live?
WITNESS
BRAUS: In Heilbronn.
Q. When were you born?
A. 20 April 1902.
Q. You are a chemist by profession?
A. Yes.
Q. How long
did you work for Farben? |
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* The complete testimony of
Karl Braus is recorded in the mimeographed transcript 11 and 12 March 1948,
pages 8972-9017.
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