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[for…] eigners. I emphasized a little while ago that I attribute
this mainly to the plant leader, Wunsch.
DR. WOLF: No further
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NIK-11676
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1034
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| AFFIDAVIT OF ADOLF TROCKEL, 24 SEPTEMBER 1947, CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT
OF FEMALE CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES BY KRUPP |
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I, Adolf Trockel, residing in Essen, after having been informed that
I render myself liable to punishment, if I make a false statement, declare the
following under oath, voluntarily and without duress:
I should like to
give the following statement in regard to the employment of 520
Hungarian-Jewish concentration camp inmates that were employed in 1944 at the
Cast Steel Works of Fried. Krupp AG, in Essen: As Mr. Lehmann happened to be on
a trip I was ordered by Mr. Ihn in 1944 to proceed to Gelsenberg. I was to have
a look at the 2,000 Jewesses employed there in clean-up work and submit a
report to Mr. Ihn. Mr. Ihn had told me in this connection to observe these
women for the purpose of determining their fitness for work with Krupp. These
2,000 women were quartered in Gelsenberg in four large canvas tents. They were
very poorly clothed: chemise, pair of knickers and a light gray overcoat and
they wore very poor shoes. In my report to Mr. Ihn I had pointed out that the
women in question were of a very slender build and that they were not fit for
heavy work. In spite of my rather negative report, 520 of these women were
brought to Essen in June and August 1944 to be employed in the various plants
of the firm.* Subsequently a few discussions were held with SS officers. I
still remember a discussion held with the officer in charge of the
concentration camp Buchenwald, SS Standardtenfuehrer Pister, also a
conversation held with SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Schwarz in Essen, where details
like housing, employment, food, etc., were being discussed. On orders of the
labor allocation unit “I”, which was then under the supervision of
Mr. Kraus and Mr. Hintz, these Jewesses were then put to work in Rolling Mill
II and in the shops making electrodes and springs connected with it. They were
given quarters in the camp Humboldtstrasse South. After the SS at first had
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* The prosecution later
quoted this part of Trockel’s affidavit in a brief. This was shown to
Trockel by a defense attorney and Trockel then executed another affidavit.
(Lehmann 76, Del. Ex. 1014) which is reproduced below in section VIII F 4,
followed by extracts from Trockel’s testimony. Trockel testified as a
defense witness.
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