Testimony about Buchenwald and priests at Nuremberg Trial

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irn1001341
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.2823
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Item
Languages
  • French
  • Russian
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EHRI Partner

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(Paris 531) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 29, 1946. French prosecutor Dubost addressing the Tribunal. Justice Geoffrey Lawrence speaking to the prosecutor. 08:29:37 MS, Dr. Alfred Balochowski testifies in French. Balachowski testifies that Block 50 in Buchenwald was really a "factory" for the production of the vaccine against typhus. He was taken there by the Germans because that was his area of specialization. The Head of this block and the experimentation block (Block 6) was Obrfuehrer Mugrowski of the Waffen-SS. 08:33:22 MS, French witness Francois Boix is questioned by Dubost in French. 08:34:06 Gen. Rudenko questions witness in Russian. Boix testifies that religious dignitaries (priests, etc.) were treated in the same way as all other prisoners and that they were not allowed to conduct their services. Judge says, "You're going too fast. Speak more slowly."

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