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Q. Was that the kind of trenches that had been provided for that camp
when it was a camp for prisoners of war?
A. Yes, yes, that was the kind
of trench.
Q. How long had that Kraemerplatz camp been a prisoner of
war camp before it was converted to an eastern workers’ camp?
A.
That I am afraid I don’t know. I don't know when the first prisoners of
war came there. During that period I wasn’t there.
Q. What was the
difference between the Dechenschule camp and a concentration camp, if any?
A. I have never seen a concentration camp from the inside, but I can
say that the Dechenschule camp did not give the impression that it was a
prison, only insofar as it was surrounded by barbed wire fences and that guards
were at the gate or that there were guards patrolling the camp.
Q. What
kind of clothes were given the prisoners to wear?
A. They were given a
suit of blue working clothes and, by order of Mr. Hassel, they had a yellow
stripe on that suit.
Q. What was the yellow stripe for?
A. It
was to mark them and identify the inmates of the Dechenschule camp.
Q.
Were these guards that guarded the camp, armed guards?
A. Yes; the
guards carried carbines.
Q. By whom were these guards employed?
A. Some of the guards came from the plant police and part of them came
from a private safety organization who had been applied for by the plant police
because their own numbers were insufficient. Those guards were usually old
people.
Q. Were they paid by the Krupp firm?
A. They were paid
by the plant police, and that was Krupp.
Q. Who furnished the guns they
carried?
A. That I don’t know; that was arranged by the plant
police.
Q. This man Hassel had put this girl in the cellar. Was his
conduct reported to Ihn?
A. I don’t think so. Hassel took care of
that case himself.
Q. Yes, I understand that; obviously. Was Hassel
allowed to remain there as an employee of the firm until the end of the war?
A. I cannot tell you exactly because I left Krupp in June,
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| MR. RAGLAND: You testified concerning the picking-up of persons on
the street in Belgium and elsewhere and bringing them to Dechenschule. Did you
discuss this matter with von Buelow? |
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