Return to The Aftermath | Facts I.G. Farben: Testimony at Nuremberg – Part 1 – “It was not until the prosecution staff reached the charge of slavery and mass murder that the critical point of the trial was reached…. The prosecution, in order to support these charges, introduced scores of eyewitnesses who had been in…
Return to The Aftermath | Facts Rudolf Hoess Testimony (English Translation) I, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, having been duly sworn in, state and declare as follows: 1. I am 46 years old and member of the Nazi party since 1922, member of the SS since 1934; member of the SS-in-arms since 1939. I was, from…
Return to The Aftermath | Facts The Gas Chambers At the fulcrum of the extermination system in Poland were the camps at Auschwitz, Maidanek, Treblinka, Chelmno, Belzec, and Sobibor…. Auschwitz was the most notorious of the extermination centers. At the height of its activity Auschwitz could house more the 100,000 men and women and could…
Return to The Aftermath | Facts Zyklon B Companies ‘Two German firms, Tesch/Stabenow and Degesch, produced Zyklon B gas after they acquired the patent from Farben. Tesch supplied two tons a month, and Degesch three quarters of a ton. The firms that produced the gas already had extensive experience in fumigation. “In short, this industry…
Return to The Aftermath | Facts Eichmann On Medical Experimentation Summary: Eichmann discusses Ahnenerbe and medical experimentation with Captain Avner Less, of the Eichmann interrogation team, along with the acquisition of skulls and skeletons for ‘research’ purposes. LESS: Did your work bring you into contact with Ahnenerbe [Ancestral Heritage], the Institute for Scientific Study of…