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| 2. EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTION WITNESS ERNST
WIRTZ¹ |
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
MR. MANDELLAUB: Will you kindly
tell the Court your full name?
WITNESS WIRTZ: Ernst Wirtz.
Q.
You live where?
A. Kulmbach, Fischergasse 18.
Q. Are you
married?
A. Yes.
Q. When did you join the firm of Krupp?
A. In June 1938.
Q. In June 1938 you joined the firm of Krupp?
A. Yes.
Q. What was your position when you joined them?
A. As an unskilled laborer.
Q. When were you appointed as
supervisor of foreign workers?
A. In October or November 1942.
Q. Were you at that time employed at Krawa [Krupp’s motor vehicle
department]?
A. Yes.
Q. The Denazification Tribunal of the
County District of Kulmbach sentenced you to 8 years of labor camp because of
the mistreatment of foreign workers and eastern workers in Essen, Mulhouse, and
Kulmbach?
A. Yes.²
Q. Have you had any previous conviction
because of assault and battery?
A. No.
Q. Did you at any time
have any proceedings against you because of acts of violence?
A. No.
Q. Do you drink?
A. No.
Q. Do you ill-treat any of your
children?
A. No. |
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¹ Complete testimony
is recorded in the mimeographed transcript. 18 February 1948, pp. 4307-4347.
Further extracts from Wirtz testimony are reproduced in section VIII G 2.
² An extract from the verdict and opinion of the Denazification
Board is reproduced in section VIII G 2.
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