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| Evidence for the Prosecution |
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| H. O. Le Druillenec
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By another
Member of the Court — Did you actually see anyone except the
Hungarians shoot an internee? — No.
By the PRESIDENT — Were
these Appelle all run by the prison leaders as distinct from the S.S. personnel
in the camp? — Yes.
Do you know, in those last four days when you
said no food was issued, whether it was actually issued to other prisoners in
your hut or to the prison leaders and you merely missed it because you were
away, or was there no issue at all so far as you know? — I don't know, but
I know I didn't see any soup at all in the last five days. |
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| Fifth Day
— Friday, 21st September, 1945 |
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ADA BIMKO,
sworn, examined by Colonel BACKHOUSE — I am a Jewess from Poland and a
Doctor of Medicine. On 4th August, 1943, I was sent from Sosnowitz to
Auschwitz. During that week all the Jews of the town where I was living were
arrested, and because of my being a Jewess I was sent to Auschwitz along with
5000 other Jews. When we got to Auschwitz Station we left the train and were
lined up, men on one side and women on the other. Women and children were
loaded on trucks and sent away. An S. S. doctor pointed with his fingers and
said "Right" and "Left," looking at the women and children, and we, the younger
women, were treated in the same way. Part of these people selected were loaded
on to trucks and later I was told they were sent into the crematorium and
gassed. My father, mother, brother, husband and small son of six years of age
were included in that number. About 250 women of the remainder were sent with
me to the camp, and later on I heard that another 250 men were also sent. The
remaining 4500 went to the crematorium. From our town alone in the week, 25,000
people were sent away.
After that date did you attend any other
selections of this kind? — Yes I was working as a doctor in the hospital
and was present at several selections. The first of these happened on the day
of the greatest feast of the Jews, the Day of Atonement. There were three
methods of selection. The first one immediately on the arrival of the
prisoners; the second in the camp among the healthy prisoners; and the third in
the hospital amongst the sick. The camp doctor was always present and other
S.S. men and S.S. women.
At the selections that you attended or saw in
the hospitals, how were people chosen there? — All the sick Jews were
ordered to parade quite naked in front of the doctor. The seemingly weak people
were put aside at once, but other times the doctor looked also at the hands or
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