Trial of the Major War Criminals before International Military Tribunal ...

SCHLIER, and ENNS. The victims of this Chain of camps were
murdered by the SS Guards working in these camps under the
command of FRANZ ZIEREIS, Commandant and GEORGE BACH-
MAYER, Assistant Comrnandant, both now deceased, whose head-
quarters were at the fortress in MAUTHAUSEN (see Exhibits 209,
210, and 212).
C. Evidence reveals that the orders for the systematic
decimation of these prisoners originated in BERIJN under the direct
orders of SS FUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER (see Exhibit 4).
d. American Forces Liberated this camp on 5 May 1945
and this Investigator-Examiner and his team commenced this
investigation on 6 May 1945.
e. The victims of the MAUTHAUSEN Chain of concentration
camps are in the process of compilation and will be
submitted in a supplementary report.
5. It m,ay be added that one of the functions of the Inter-
national Committee formed by this investigator to assist in the
investigation of these camps was to arrange for each nation to copy
the names of each of its dead from the available records in order
to notify the next of kin. Therefore, it is confidently concluded that
each such nation already has a list of its own dead with all informa-
tion regarding their manner of death and the statistics thereupon.
This International Committee was selected from the inmates by the
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team and consisted of the most distinguished members selected by
the prisoners themselves. The Committee numbered six men as
principals #arid many assistants have greatly helped the investigation
in securing the best witnesses and covering all phases in the
preparation of this case for trial (see Exhibit 4).
6. ENEMY INDIVIDUALS
a. See Exhibit 2.
b. Wanted notices for all perpetrators are in the process
of preparation.
V. CONCLUSIONS
The evidence collected in this case shows very clearly that
the whole purpose of the MAUTHAUSEN Chain of concentration