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3. Regarding the food which the Russians received I can only say that
it consisted of a watery soup which contained a few cabbage leaves and a few
frozen potatoes. The food already stank in the pails in which it was carried.
We workers among ourselves often spoke about it, that it was unworthy of humans
to put such filthy food in front of these poor people, of whom one demanded
mostly heavy work.
4. The manager, Mr. Theile, also knew of acts of
this kind on the part of Buschhauer. In my presence Mr. Theile once forbade
Buschhauer to hit the Russians in such manner. But Buschhauer paid no attention
to the prohibition, and continued to hit the Russians.
I have carefully
read the two pages of this affidavit, have made and initialed the necessary
corrections in my own hand, and herewith declare on oath that according to my
best knowledge and belief I have stated the truth. |
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| [Signed] FRANZ BEDUHN |
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| Essen, Germany 20 May 1947 |
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| 3. DEFENSE TESTIMONY AND AFFIDAVITS |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DEFENSE WITNESS GENERAL ADOLF
WESTHOFF* |
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
DR. WOLF (counsel for the
defendant Lehmann): Witness, will you please tell the Court your full name?
WITNESS WESTHOFF: My name is Adolf Westhoff.
Q. When were you
born? A. On 21 February 1899 at Rheda, Westphalia.
Q. General, would
you give the Court some data about your military career during the last war?
A. During the last war I was battalion commander and then regimental
commander on the eastern front. In February 1943 I joined the Armed Forces High
Command, namely, for prisoner of war affairs. There I was in charge of the
general department for prisoner of war affairs. And then —
Q. May
I ask you to slow down a little bit?
A. On the first of April 1944 I
became chief of prisoner of war matters in the Armed Forces High Command, and
on first October 1944 I became Inspector General of Prisoner of War Affairs
where I remained until the end of the war. |
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* Complete testimony is
recorded in mimeographed transcript, 11 May 1948, pp. 7838-7375.
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