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J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR 181<br />

voy <strong>of</strong> some 40 Jews apparently because the size <strong>of</strong> the convoy did not<br />

warrant the operation <strong>of</strong> the gas chamber.” 515 Furthermore, the court<br />

states in its reasoning: 516<br />

“The court considers the participation [<strong>of</strong> the defendant Gomerski]<br />

in the killing <strong>of</strong> detainee laborers to have been established<br />

in the following cases: […] The detainee Stark, who had to take care<br />

<strong>of</strong> the pigs held in the camp, was so severely beaten by the defendant<br />

and by Frenzel that Stark in desperation ran out <strong>of</strong> the camp through<br />

the gate which happened to be open at that time. The defendant and<br />

Frenzel ran after him and shot him several times. Seriously wounded<br />

– his body was ripped to the point that his entrails were hanging out<br />

– Stark was brought back into the camp and presented in this state<br />

to the other detainees assembled for the purpose. These occurrences<br />

have been confirmed collectively by the witnesses L. and R. The latter<br />

has also asserted that Stark was subsequently shot.”<br />

Once the reader has stopped marveling at the fact that the gate at<br />

Sobibór at times “happened to be open,” he should consult Miriam Novitch’s<br />

book and read the testimony <strong>of</strong> Eda Lichtman: 517<br />

“Shaul Stark took care <strong>of</strong> the geese, fed them and weighed them<br />

every day. One time, a goose became ill and died. Frenzel, Bredow,<br />

Wagner and Weiss whipped Stark to death. The man’s last words<br />

were: ‘Avenge me, comrades, avenge me.’”<br />

Now did the detainee take care <strong>of</strong> pigs or <strong>of</strong> geese? Who beat him<br />

after one <strong>of</strong> the pigs or one <strong>of</strong> the geese died – Gomerski and Frenzel,<br />

as was accepted by the Frankfurt district court on the basis <strong>of</strong> the credible<br />

witnesses Esther Raab and Samuel Lerer who testified under oath,<br />

or Frenzel, Bredow, Wagner, and Weiss, as we learn from Eda Lichtman?<br />

Was he shot (Esther Raab) or whipped to death (Eda Lichtman)?<br />

The extraordinary blindness <strong>of</strong> the Frankfurt judges can be seen<br />

from the following passage <strong>of</strong> their verdict: 518<br />

“The defendant denies ever to have shot or beaten to death anyone.<br />

[…] On the basis <strong>of</strong> the testimonies recorded during the main<br />

trial hearings and the interrogations and depositions <strong>of</strong> the witnesses<br />

not present, read during the main trial hearings, the court rejects<br />

the declaration <strong>of</strong> the defendant as having been disproved. […]<br />

515<br />

516<br />

517<br />

518<br />

Ibid., p. 3.<br />

Ibid., p. 4f.<br />

M. Novitch, op. cit. (note 39), p. 57.<br />

LG Frankfurt, op. cit. (note 503), p. 3f.

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