“The men were taken to the concentration camp at Amersfoort. Amongst them were many accidental passers-by who had been admitted into the closed village but who had been prevented from leaving the place.
“At Amersfoort about 50 people were selected; and during the transport, 12 jumped out of the train. 622 men were eventually deported to Auschwitz. The majority of those died after two months.
“From the 622 deported men, only 32 inhabitants of the village of Putten and 10 outsiders returned after the liberation.”
In Belgium, we will cite only a few facts which are related in Document Number F-685, already submitted under Exhibit Number RF-394. This document is to be found on Page 48 in your document book. It describes the murder of a young man who had sought refuge in a dug-out. He was killed by the Germans who were looking for soldiers of the Belgian secret army.
At Hervé the Germans fired on a lorry filled with young men and killed two of them. The same day some civilians were killed by a tank.
On Page 49, the summary executions of members of the secret army are described. I quote:
“At Anhée, shots having been fired upon them, the Germans crossed the river Meuse. They set fire to 58 houses and killed 13 men. At Annevoie, on the 4th, the Germans came across the river and burned 58 houses.”
Then follows a report on destruction, useless from the military point of view: