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1948). A subject index, located in Volume XXIII, identifies materials on con­
centration camps (see Concentration Camps, Individual Camps). Mauthausen
is described in prosecution statements as one of the most notorious of the Nazi
extermination centers and referenced in the trial transcripts in relation to spe­
cific charges brought against individual defendants. A researcher can use the
dates, provided below, to move from the published text to the original records.
Vol. III, pp. 507–8, 513–18, date of testimony, December 13, 1945
In a presentation on “Exploitation of Forced Labor,” Thomas J. Dodd,
Executive Trial Counsel for the United States, cites concentration camps,
including Mauthausen, as “fundamental institutions of the Nazi Regime”
and its system of terror.
Vol. IV, pp. 261–65, date of testimony, January 2, 1946
Col. Robert G. Storey, Executive Trial Counsel for the United States, presents
evidence of the infamous“Aktion Kugel”(bullet decree), the execution of escaped
Allied prisoners of war at Mauthausen, in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Vol. IV, pp. 301–2, date of testimony, January 2, 1946
Lt. Comdr. Whitney R. Harris, Assistant Counsel for the United States,
submits evidence of defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner’s authorization of exe­
cutions at Mauthausen.
Vol. IV, pp. 386–90, date of testimony, January 4, 1946
Prosecution witness Alois Hoellriegl, a member of the Waffen SS and a
guard at Mauthausen, testifies to the presence of Kaltenbrunner and other
high­ranking Nazi officials at Mauthausen and their personal knowledge of
the gas chamber.
Vol. VI, pp. 183–94, date of testimony, January 25, 1946
Prosecution witness Maurice Lampe, a French inmate at Mauthausen, tes­
tifies to mass executions at Mauthausen, including the killing of 47 British,
American, and Dutch downed flyers on Sept. 6–7, 1944.
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