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DR. WOLF (counsel for the defendant Lehmann) : Do you know that at
the same time you were drafted for work in Germany, people of the same age as
you were not drafted but were called as a result of contracts between the labor
office and the individual Czech concerned and were sent to Germany?
WITNESS BRANDEJS: Yes.
Q. How was your trip to Germany? Were
you fed on the way and did you go by rail?
A. In Melnik we all received
a piece of bread and sausage. Then we went to Prague and then we went directly
to Essen. |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTION WITNESS FATHER ALPHONSE
COME¹ |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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MR. THAYER: Witness, will you state for the Tribunal your full name
and residence?
WITNESS COME: My name is Alphonse Charles Gyseline Come
— C-o-m-e; and I am a priest at Semuid — S-e-m-u-i-d. The first names
are Alphonse Charles Gyseline.
Q. Is your nationality Belgian, Father
Come?
A. Yes, I am a Belgian.
Q. Are you presently on leave
from your parish?
A. Yes, just now I am on leave from my parish.
Q. Are you also a chaplain of the Belgian Army?
A. I was a
chaplain in the Belgian Army, but just now I am a chaplain for the Belgian Red
Cross and am in charge of a mission and attached to the Belgian Red Cross for
Germany.
Q. In August 1944 what was your profession, and where were you
living, Father Come?
A. I was then a priest at Semuid, as I explained
before. |
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Q. Father Come, did you spend a part of the war in Essen?²
A. I remained at Essen from 25 August 1944 until 4 May 1945.
Q.
Did you go to Essen voluntarily?
A. Most decidedly not.
Q. How
did you happen to go to Essen?
A. On 15 August 1944, the day of the
Assumption, at 5:10 a.m., I was just preparing to go to church when a truck
arrived with |
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¹ Complete testimony
is recorded in mimeographed transcript. 2 and 3 February 1948, pp. 2968-3012,
² A photograph of Father Come, pointing to a map of Essen, appears
in the forepart of this volume.
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