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“Subject: Allocation of
prisoners, etc. The situation is as follows:
“1. 2,000 concentration camp
inmates — Standartenfuehrer of the SS, Pister, commander of
concentration camp Buchenwald * * *, with which we have to deal, was here on
the afternoon of the 4th of this month * * * He promised us the allocation of
2,000 Hungarian and Jewish prisoners (men). |
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“b. We pay RM 4.00 per day
for each prisoner, including all social welfare dues such as for sickness and
accident insurance, etc. |
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“2. Five hundred
concentration camp prisoners (women) who are to be allocated to us by the main
committee for weapons.
“3. Five hundred convicts requested by Mr.
A. von Bohlen from the office of District Attorney Joel,
Hamm.
“District Attorney Joel has offered the prospect of several
hundred convicts. A conference with him is to take place in the week of 9-15 of
this month. Mr. von Buelow and Kupke of the Gusstahlfabrik are to handle the
negotiations. |
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“4. Four hundred and forty
convicts (prisoners from the penitentiary at Koenigsberg). Mr. Vorwerk, of the
Friedrich-Alfred-Huette will study the question of whether the F.A.H. can
receive an allocation of concentration camp inmates and convicts. The
Gusstahlfabrik will, if necessary, try to help in solving this problem.
“Messrs. Guenthep and Graefe, Geisenheim, are negotiating with the
concentration camps of their district. Although the discussions have so far had
negative results, Geisenheim will continue, from there, to study the question.
Not until everything else has failed will the Gusstahlfabrik offer its aid, if
necessary.” |
The treatment accorded to Krupp slave labor was inhumane and
unlawful. Harsh directives were often issued by the government; but the
application of these measures and the implementing of them was the
responsibility of these defendants. The shelter was seldom adequate for human
beings. An official inspection committee reported that, of Krupp camps, most
were substandard, and only one provided good shelter.
The medical care
was confined chiefly to inspections by doctors who usually ordered the slave
workers to report for work. A |
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