Copy witness statements re Auschwitz war criminals
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Copy witness statements re Auschwitz war criminals
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Copy witness statements re Auschwitz war criminals
Identification
Collection:
Copy witness statements re Auschwitz war criminals
Reference number:
1173
Date(s):
1959-1959
Context
Personal name keyword:
Boger, Wilhelm Friedrich
Höss, Rudolf
Kaduk, Oswald
Klehr, Josef
Mengele, Josef
Wirth, Eduard
Hofmann, Franz
Stark, Hans
Lachmann, Erich
Wosnitza
Content and internal order
Scope/content:
Most of these copy statements re the activities of former SS officers at Auschwitz by former inmates were collected by the International Auschwitz Komitee. The witnesses submitted their statements to the IAK in response to notices published in Polish and German newspapers, asking for evidence against former SS officers at Auschwitz. Many of the statements make reference to this fact. Many also end with a declaration that the witness is ready to repeat the statement under oath. Most of the statements are 1 or 2 pages long except that of Dr. Eduard Wirth, former doctor at Auschwitz, who described what he did to alleviate the suffering of inmates (20 pages).
