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.. MAKE LAMP SHADES OUT OF HUMAN SKIN |
Vo1ksgemeinschaften auf der Erde sind die beste Garantie filr die Achtung der Rechte der Volker untereinander. Der- NationalSozialismus emeuert das Denken Über Staat und Vo1k in der Welt und wird dadurch auch unseren Volksgenossen in ihrem schweren Kampfe nicht nr; Erleichterung, sondem Erlösung bringen.Die Stelle fiir die praktisehe Durchführung dieser Grundsätze ist die Auslandsorganisation der N.S.D.A.P., die dem Stellvertreter des Führers, Reichsminister Rudolf Heß, unmittittelbar unterstellt ist. Der Leiter, Gauleiter Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, gab uns mit seinen einzelnen Mitarbeitem zusammen bei einem Besuch in den einzelnen Abteilungen der Organisationsstelle am Harvestehuderweg 22 einen Überblick ihrer Aufgaben und Gliederung der Aus1andsorganisation, die in den letzten Wochen und Monaten 80 rege arbeitet, daß der Widerhall dieser ziehen und zielbewußten Arbeit auch in Hamburg selbst deutlich wahnehmbar war. Das Wirken der Auslandsorganisation erstreckt sich buchstäblich rund um den Erdball, und mit Fug und Recht konnte der Wahlspruch an ihrer Arbeitsstätte am Harvestehuderweg in Hamburg stehen:
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DOCUMENT 3420-PS and 3423-PS PHOTOGRAPHS OF SPECIMENS OF TATTOOED HUMAN SKIN USED FOR ORNAMENTAL PURPOSES, FOUND AT BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP (EXHIBIT USA-252) |
EXPLANATORY NOTE: Four photographs reproduced. See 3421-PS for documentation |
IMT XXXII |
258 |
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13 Dec. 45 |
of an official United States Army report describing the circumstances under which this exhibit was obtained; and that extract is set forth in Document 3420-PS, which I refer to in part. It is entitled: . "Mobile Field Interrogation Unit Number 2; PW Intelligence Bulletin; 13. Concentration Camp, Buchenwald. "Preamble. The author of this account is PW Andreas Pfaffenberger, 1 Coy, 9 Landesschützen Bn., 43 years old and of limited education. He is a butcher by trade. The substantial agreement of the details of his story with those found in PWIB (H) /LF/36 establishes the validity of his testimony. PW has not been questioned on statements which, in the light of what is known, are apparently erroneous in certain details, nor h as any effort been made to alter the subjective character of the PW's account, which he wrote without being told anything of the intelligence already known. The results of interrogation on personalities at Buchenwald have already been published (PWIB Number 2/12, item 31.). " 'In 1939 all prisoners with tattooing on them were ordered to report to the dispensary.' THE PRESIDENT: Is this what Pfaffenberger said? " 'No one knew what the purpose was; but after the tattooed prisoners had been examined, the ones with the best and most artistic specimens were kept in the dispensary and then killed by injections administered by Karl Beigs, a criminal prisoner. The corpses were then turned over to the pathological department where the desired pieces of tattooed skin were detached from the bodies and treated. The finished products were turned over to SS Standartenführer Koch's wife, who had them fashioned into lamp shades and other ornamental household articles. I myself saw such tattooed skins with various designs and legends on them, such as "Hänsel and Gretel", which one prisoner had one knee, and designs of ships from prisoners's chests. This work was done by a prisoner named Wernerbach. " I also refer to Document 3421-PS, which bears Exhibit Number USA-253. "I, George C. Demas, Lieutenant, USNR, associated with the United States Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, hereby certify that the attached exhibit, consisting of parchment, was delivered by the War Crimes Section, Judge Advocate General, United States Army, to me in my above capacity, in the usual course of business, as an exhibit |
IMT III |
515 |