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Vol. VI, pp. 231–42, date of testimony, January 28, 1946
Prosecution witness M. Jean­Frederic Veith, a French inmate at
Mauthausen, testifies to the employment of slave labor at Mauthausen and
its sub­camps by companies contracted to support the German Luftwaffe.
He also testifies regarding illegal medical procedures, “Aktion Kugel,” and
the Sept. 1944 killing of 47 Allied downed flyers.
Vol. VI, pp. 263–78, date of testimony, January 28, 1948
Prosecution witness Francois Boix, a Spanish inmate at Mauthausen, sub­
mits photographic evidence establishing the presence of defendants
Kaltenbrunner and Albert Speer and other high­ranking Nazi officials at
Mauthausen. He also testifies regarding camp conditions, the mistreatment of
religious persons, and mass executions, in particular, of Soviet prisoners of war.
Vol. IX, p. 577, date of testimony, March 20, 1946
Defendant Hermann Goering is questioned regarding his knowledge of
“Aktion Kugel” at Mauthausen.
Vol. XI, pp. 246–333, date of testimony, April 11–12, 1946
During his examination by the defense, Kaltenbrunner denies knowledge
of or complicity in war crimes committed at Mauthausen and explicates on
his peace initiatives and contacts with the International Red Cross on behalf
of civilian internees. Kaltenbrunner claims he did not give orders to kill or
evacuate inmates in the last month of the war, but ordered that Mauthausen
be completely handed over to the enemy without ill­treatment of inmates.
Under further questioning, he denies ordering or witnessing executions at
Mauthausen.
Vol. XVI, p. 5, date of testimony, June 11, 1946
With defendant Arthur Seyss­Inquart on the stand, a piece of evidence
is submitted documenting the Feb. 1941 deportations of Jews from the
Netherlands to Buchenwald and Mauthausen.
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