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EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE, THIRD
UNITED STATES ARMY, 17 JUNE 1945, ON MAUTHAUSEN CONCEN-
TRATION CAMP AND ITS BRANCHES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF
FOUR PHYSICAL EXHIBITS (EXHIBIT USA-249)
BESCHREIBUNG:
The list of witnessea and their testimony ia not reproduced
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CONFIDENTIAL
HEADQUARTERS
THIRD UNITED STATES ARMY
Office of the Judge Advocate
APO 403
AG 092 (3 JA - 132) GNMCJ 17 June 1945
SUBJECT: Report of Investigation of Alleged War ~rimes..
T0: Commanding General,. Twelfth Army Group, APO 655,
U. S. Army.
1. This investigation was conducted in conformity with Letter,
European Theater of Operations, 24 February 1945, by EUGENE S.
TOHEN, ASN 0-1573121, Major, 514th Quartermaster Group, APO
403, United States Army, Investigator-Examiner, during the period
6 May 1945 to 15 June 1945, and pursuant to directive of Command-
ing General, Third United States Army, a copy of which is attached
as Exhibit 1.