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& Social Sciences OnLine ] Crimes of the Wehrmacht Reply-To: H-NET List for History of the Holocaust < [email protected] > Sender: H-NET List for History of the Holocaust < [email protected] > Date: June 3, 1999 From: Fred Klein I AM a new member of the H-NET. I am survivor of Theresienstadt, Birkenau and Friedland.
Regardless of the controversy of the Wehrmacht exposition I have “practical” experience with lower level members of the Wehrmacht from commandos outside the ghetto. These were always positive. But, in addition, to refrain from stereotypes, I have personal experience with the last German SS commander of Friedland. When I sabotaged, I was not executed. In this small camp, no brutalities existed.
Before liberation, the camp commander talked to us at roll call, said, we would be taken over by the “civilian guard” and that he hoped we would have no reason to complain. Before leaving, all food was distributed to us prisoners, and, afterward I found out that the commander disobeyed orders to destroy us and the camp. We were some 500 prisoners. I am trying to document this extraordinary event, but I know only one survivor and not the name of the commander.
Fred Klein [H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine] Send comments and questions to H-Net Webstaff