“Jaeger” is the next name and the charge against Jaeger, quoting:
“. . . because as a relative of a deserter he is expected, to take advantage of every occasion to harm the Greater German Reich if allowed to go free; place of confinement—Sachsenhausen.”
And down to the name “Ludwig” and the charge against Ludwig:
“. . . for being strongly suspected of aiding desertion; place of confinement—Dachau.”
Not only civilians of the occupied countries but also prisoners of war were subjected to the horrors and the brutality of the concentration camps; and we refer to Document Number 1165-PS, which bears Exhibit Number USA-244. This document is a memorandum to all officers of the State Police signed by Müller, the Chief of the Gestapo, dated the 9th of November 1941. The memorandum has the revealing title of—and I quote—“Transportation of Russian Prisoners of War, destined for Execution, into the Concentration Camps.”
I wish to quote also from the body of this memorandum, which is found on Page 2 of the English translation, and I quote directly:
“The commandants of the concentration camps are complaining that 5 to 10 percent of the Soviet Russians destined for execution are arriving in the camps dead or half dead. Therefore the impression has arisen that the Stalags are getting rid of such prisoners in this way.
“It was particularly noted that when marching, for example, from the railroad station to the camp a rather large number of PW’s collapsed on the way from exhaustion, either dead or half dead, and had to be picked up by a truck following the convoy.