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Krupp according to State directives. In this connection I shall prove
that Krupp and my client Kupke, within the scope of this duties, did not only
fulfill the basic requirements, but in addition did some excellent work.
In as much as such camps were placed under the supervision of the
German Wehrmacht (Stalag), of the Gestapo, and of the SS, evidence will prove
that as soon as those camps were turned over to offices which had no connection
with Krupp the responsibility of that firm ceased.
A further task of
the office Oberlagerfuehrung was to supply the camps with food. I shall prove
that the nature and the extent of the food rations were prescribed by the state
that, the prescribed rations were furnished, but that in addition to this not
only Krupp but also the office Oberlagerfuehrung and Kupke personally did
everything to provide additional foodstuffs. I will especially furnish proof
that, with regard to the problem of food, everything humanly possible had been
done or attempted by Krupp to provide the best possible supply and distribution
even before my client took over his work in 1943.
After the air raid in
October 1944 when local supplies were disrupted, Krupp for instance,
immediately had bread brought from the vicinity of Leipzig, meat from Cologne
and Osnabrueck, vegetables and potatoes from the Lower Rhine and from Hanover.
With regard to clothing, I shall investigate whether and to what extent
Krupp was responsible for procuring clothing and what had actually been
achieved in this respect.
The problem of medical care plays an
important role in the presentation of the case of the prosecution as well as
the problem of the supply of drugs and of sanitary equipment. Here too, the
evidence will prove clearly that neither the office Oberlagerfuehrung nor Krupp
was responsible or competent for the prisoner of war camps, the labor training
camps, and the Humboldtstrasse concentration camp; in all the other camps for
which Krupp was responsible, the duties arising from these tasks were performed
to the full extent.
Finally, the evidence for the defendant Kupke will
also show how life in the camps for foreign workers subordinate to the office
Oberlagerfuehrung actually was. It will be thus shown that in all other
questions concerning the care of these foreign workers, such as, vacations,
communication with their homes as far as mail and packages were concerned,
activities for leisure hours, cultural and sports activities, excursions in the
vicinity, all sorts of plans were made and actually carried out.
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