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| 3. AFFIDAVITS OF DEFENDANTS LEHMANN, VON BUELOW, IHN, AND
JANSSEN |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NIK-7679
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 1238 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF DEFENDANT LEHMANN, 20 JUNE 1947, CONCERNING KRUPP'S
EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES |
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I, Heinrich Lehmann, Nuernberg, after having been duly warned that
false statements on my part will render me liable to punishment, herewith state
the following under oath, voluntarily and without coercion:
After the
firm of Krupp had been informed by the competent Berlin offices that in future
only concentration camp inmates would be available for labor, I traveled to
Berlin and Oranienburg in 1944 on behalf of my firm, and I informed the
competent SS officer there that the firm of Krupp wished to have male workers
assigned to them. Thereupon, I was informed that the firm probably would also
have to employ women, because there was a very great demand for male workers in
Germany. We also talked about the already submitted requirements for skilled
workers for the firm of Krupp. In Oranienburg I was informed that Buchenwald
concentration camp was the camp to which applications should be made for Essen
and Krupp, and that we should get into direct touch with this camp.
During a stay in Thuringia in the same year, I received a note from Mr.
Ihn, saying that I should contact the camp commandant, Pister, in Buchenwald
personally, in order to point out urgently once again that the firm did not
wish to have women assigned to them. Pister told me, however, that the firm of
Krupp would probably have to reckon with taking a number of women.
I
was not in Essen when the firm of Krupp was informed that 520 Jewesses from
Horst had to be transferred to Essen to start work. On my return I heard that
Mr. Ihn had instructed my colleague, Mr. Trockel, to go to Horst and organize
the transfer of the women.
I have carefully read this page of the above
affidavit, have made the necessary corrections in my own handwriting, and
countersigned them with my initials, and herewith declare under oath, that this
statement contains the pure truth to the best of my knowledge and
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| [Signed] H. LEHMANN |
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