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through numerous German roadblocks,
his ng ish his ng ered But Hermann successfully completed his
.
Bu y c Ar Ar an s ap ap omp ac io behaviour. His unconventional practices
and irregular economic policies caught
ul ie h d ha rm sw e
s ha ag h ag av ha ag ag tions b ook ann to he Rhi he Rhi he 1 f
th f
th Ame he th me 1 f
th Ame Ame pursuit of justice for the Jewish people.
he r an the ar ran the ar ran the ar ran the about the atrocities inflicted upon the
Jewish people. But Hermann Graebe held
r c n . w onv ma e r c n . w t. s f t vic n s fe ma e d pl t e emo e mo tn t e emo er , er thi e mo r , er Je fi thi po as r or t nal lt lt jus jus e h ne jus e h e e h nd ia history.
h ea o My f reman an I wen e p om dir tly to the pits N o y
bot ered s. I ea cc d rifl e shots in quic succe sio f op me o
a om wh do ehind one of he arth m und . T en e p opl wh do had
g t d off tr he tr cks – men, w op me o
a an “They went down into
chi t d en ho f ar ll
“The do ing g w me o
a ck es d – ad o u dress u e d r o o t r d s p the o de d ir of an S man ho ar he ed ied a ri ing o dog wh p. cl , ea of They ad to t down their
clo ar he ed in fi ed do ins
laces, s hoes of
rte of according to h es,
top
t s. in fi s. them cl loth ng an under
armen s. I saw heaps of out 800 to 1000 p ir n , great piles of und d
clot said ing. W th n ut scr aming weepi g th kisse le
u dressed, ood not around in lso r o r a , h r r n S w a p s ily roup , kisse e p iss ins
not her said fare d
SS ell , a wai ed f r r n S w a p s a a si n r rom hand. were shot.”
lai fi e u I r m u ne or r, I mercy m u of m u or mercy ght o old
w s,
of p d ugh ers abou twenty-e ght o twenty-nine A old
woman th sno ar- r a whit hai he p was holdi g a ne- de ear-old p t g i e c g i . d ild in her a ms an g wit an ol d
s d ic ld t. ngi g to
p d it . T nd tick in ha ld i as e ei it . T e child ha ld i as e ei ooi e l hol ms an g wit ne- de ha ight. hai he p heir rents
w ooi e l hol oking o wit tears n he p heir eyes. d
s d ic ld t. rs Th a ly fath r wa ooi e l hol ing th de ha s
t d of a
fa g t oy hti bout te wa g i . d k e n h o a f s ear g h old nd peaki of g t out hi xpl softly; th ok bo was fi fa g t oy hti th d h ear g h ha s
t ars. The fat eme er po ted to the sky, st th ok th m oy hti th d h he sh s h d and s fat eme to out hi xpl in
som th ok th m ng to h m. At tha s comrade ok th m T men th SS an at th d h he sh it sta o S te ff th d h he sh uti g
somet ing to h m. At tha s comrade th m T e e l tter co ted off ab ut twen y p rsons and
in tructed the to go beh nd t mily T e ar h moun nd . A mil ve ong t em wa the f nd t mily I
h nd . A mil ve ust me t oned .
“I ell remem r gir , slim w s n t a e e bla hai , wh , as he p sed I
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