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Q. From among these women and children did you pick the people for
Kulmbach?
A. Yes.
Q. What did you see in the barracks in which
the children lived?
A. The children were undernourished. There was no
child at all whose arms or hands were thicker than my thumb.
Q. How old
were those children?
A. From babies up to the age of 2 years.
Q. Were these the children of eastern workers?
A. Yes, they had
been born in the camp.
Q. How were these babies housed in the Voerde
camp when you saw them?
A. In sort of prison bunks. They had paillasses
with rubber sheets, and the children were there quite naked.
Q. Could
you see definite signs of undernourishment in these children?
A. Yes;
many of them had swollen heads.
JUDGE DALY, Presiding: Excuse me, I
don’t know that I understood the witness. Did he say that the children
born to eastern workers in the camps had neither arms nor hands?
MR.
MANDELLAUB: No, Your Honors, he said they had arms and legs not thicker than
his thumb.
JUDGE ANDERSON: Let me ask a question. I am not clear about
this locality he is speaking about now.
MR. MANDELLAUB: Yes, Your
Honor. Mr. Witness, can you show the judge on this map where Voerde is
situated?
JUDGE ANDERSON: How do you spell that word?
MR.
MANDELLAUB: V-o-e-r-d-e. Your Honor, if you permit, I can show you this on the
map.
JUDGE ANDERSON: Well, if I could just get the name.
MR.
MANDELLAUB: It’s north of Duisburg, northwest of Essen. It's not marked on
the map. I can only show you the approximate location.
JUDGE ANDERSON:
Is it a camp maintained by Krupp?
MR. MANDELLAUB: Yes, Your Honor. It
was a camp which formerly was administered by the Organization Todt, but was
taken over by Krupp at a later date. I could have the witness answer that
question. He knows the answer.
JUDGE ANDERSON: Well, that is all right.
I think he said that once.
MR. MANDELLAUB: Yes, he referred to it
shortly. Mr. Witness, were you surprised about this pitiable state of the
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