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Q. Did you at any time see inmates who looked undernourished and not
well fed?
A. I saw prisoners in Auschwitz that were badly nourished,
but these people were not so badly nourished so that one had to conclude that
they could not take care of the work that was expected of
them. |
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| 8. TESTIMONY OF HELMUT SCHNEIDER, OFFICIAL OF THE PERSONNEL
DEPARTMENT OF FARBEN’S AUSCHWITZ PLANT |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
HELMUT
SCHNEIDER* |
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
DR. SEIDL (counsel for defendant
Duerrfeld): Witness, please state your full name for the record.
A.
Helmut Schneider.
Q. When and where were you born A. 9 May 1910, in
Schkenditz.
Q. And where do you live now?
A. In Goslar.
Q. What present position do you have in Goslar?
A. I am a
lawyer and Stadtdirektor in Goslar.
Q. Dr. Schneider, will you please
briefly describe your professional training and your development?
A. I
attended the high school in Helmstaedt and in 1929 I graduated there. Then I
studied law at the universities of Kiel, Munich. Berlin, and Goettingen. In
1933 I passed my Referendar [law clerk] examination; in 1934 I started my
service as a Referendar; in 1938 I passed my Assessor examination. Then I
was employed in Halle, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry there, as a
Referent. Then I transferred to the hydrogenation works in Poelitz. On 8
October, if I remember correctly, 1941, I was transferred to Farben. I was sent
to the Auschwitz plant.
Q. Witness, you testified that in October 1941
you joined the Farben plant in Auschwitz. Now I would like to ask you, what
position did you hold at that plant then and did this position change any in
the following period?
A. First of all, in the beginning of my Auschwitz
time, I merely had the job of protecting the German staff of the plant from
being drafted, that is, to secure the personnel. Then, a few months after I
joined this plant, I was placed in the personnel department and in addition to
this I was given the department for workers' matters, which first of all was
organized in such a way that workers’ camp |
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* The witness should not be
confused with the defendant Christian Schneider with whom he was not related.
Helmut Schneider's complete testimony is recorded in the mimeographed
transcript 14 April 1948, pages 11386-11440.
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