M. DUBOST: Was the wearing of this triangle a well-established custom, or on the contrary, was there much confusion in classification?
BALACHOWSKY: At the very first, before my arrival, from what I heard, order was kept with respect to triangular badges; but when I arrived at Buchenwald, in January of 1944, there was the greatest confusion in the badges, and many prisoners wore no badge at all.
M. DUBOST: Or did they wear badges of a category different from their own?
BALACHOWSKY: Yes, this was the case with many Frenchmen, who were sent to Buchenwald because they were ordinary criminals and who finally wore the red triangle of political prisoners.
M. DUBOST: What was the color of the triangle worn by the ordinary German criminals?
BALACHOWSKY: They had a green triangle.
M. DUBOST: Did they not wear eventually a red triangle?
BALACHOWSKY: No, because they had more privileges than the others and they wore the green triangle distinctly.
M. DUBOST: And in the working groups?
THE PRESIDENT: We have heard that they were all mixed up.