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Q. Were any criminal proceedings ever started against you?
A.
No.
Q. Mr. Witness, who appointed you as camp leader for Krupp?
A. The plant manager, Mr. Balz.
Q. The plant manager of Krawa?
A. Yes.
Q. Did Mr. Balz know you?
A. I don’t think
he did.
Q. He didn’t know you personally?
A. That’s
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Q. Where were you in January 1945?
A. In January 1945, I was
in Kulmbach in Oberfranken.
Q. What was the order that Director Hupe
gave you in Kulmbach regarding the transport of eastern workers from Voerde?
A. In January 1945, I had to go to Essen — the beginning of
January — and I had to pick up a consignment of eastern workers. In Essen
I was told by Mr. Dollwein that I had to go to Voerde in order to set up the
transport of eastern workers.
Q. What was in Voerde?
A. In
Voerde we had a former camp of the Organization Todt.
Q. To whom was
the camp subordinated, when you, in January 1945, visited this camp?
A.
Camp commander Scheider.
Q. Was this camp leader Scheider a Krupp man?
A. Yes.
Q. Under whom were all the camps for foreign workers?
A. As far as I know, Mr. Kupke was responsible for them.
Q. You
then went to Voerde?
A. Yes.
Q. Is Voerde situated near Wesel?
A. Yes.
Q. That is near the Dutch border?
A. Yes, on
the Rhine.
Q. Was it a large camp?
A. Yes.
Q. How many
people were in this camp?
A. I assume about 4,000.
Q. Were
these men and women?
A. Mixed — men, women, and children.
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