David M. Berke Collection of Nuremberg Trials Depositions

Statement by a German civilian, eye-witness to an execution of two American or English POWs.

Statement by a civilian to mass Jewish graves at Berditschev and Zhitomer, as told by eye-witness Richard Stettmaier.

Report on reception of prisoners from Schandelah at Wobbelin concentration camp and brutal treatment.

OSS Report GR-5087 on forced labor and conditions at Dora (Buchenwald).

OSS Report GR-5087 on medical experimentation at Dachau.

Consolidated interrogation report on administration, treatment of new arrivals, rations, labor, death rate, executions, and personnel.

Report discussing possible Swedish entry into the war against Germany.

Prisoner of War interrogation report (Peter Kluetsch, Johann Maesgen, and Johann Hammer) noting preparations of Nazi Party to go underground near Bonn and Linz.

Discussing family members, spouses, and professions.

Affadavit of SS Guard and gardener at Labor Reform Camp Reichenau; determined that "no further investigation is warranted."

Interrogation of Hermann Harm, the head gardener at Camp Reichenau and "one of the greatest beaters in the camp and I was proud of the fact." Includes depositions from Harm and three victims: Wiktor Dwinow, Alexander Slesarews, Peter Popow.

Sworn statement of a Gestapo driver attesting to bodies of eight hanged inmates of Innsbruck-Reichenau Labor Camp he saw in his truck

Statement by Reichenau prisoner who witnessed hanging of six or eight Russian prisoners at Camp Reichenau.

Statement of Gestapo employee at Camp Reichenau; also includes testimony of prisoners Petro Tschaika, Gregorij Nesterow, Victor Simogulow on Papek's cruelty.

Report on and statement of SS Unterscharfuehrer Martin Schott, an accomplice to the hanging of six Russian and two Polish prisoners at Camp Reichenau; includes testimony of Petro Tschaika, Josef Papek, Michel Zurziko, and Victor Schumacher.

Statement by Estonian SS guard at Innsbruck-Reichenau.

Report from Lt. Col. Berding, Headquarters 12 Army Group, SCI, on Beetz (a.k.a. Felizitas and later known as Hilde Purwin), "executive and agent" of Amt VI, Sicherheitsdienst (foreign intelligence department of the Security Service); believed to have the diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano and deemed an excellent intelligence source on SD activities in Italy.

Lengthy intelligence report and deposition on First Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein (Head of Technical Disinfection Services for the SS): an anti-Nazi eye-witness to mass gassings. Gerstein was head of "disinfection" procedures, with intimate knowledge of gas chambers and the prussic acid used at Belsen, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Oranienburg and an eye-witness to multiple gassings of KZ-inmates. Includes listing of anti-Nazis with whom Gerstein associated in Berlin; testimony on the use of prussic acid ; and a transcript of a letter from the "German Company for the Control of Vermin," regarding the storage and use of "disinfectant," June 9, 1944.

Chilling statement by Waffen SS Unterscharfuehrer Sommerhof detailing his participation in mass killings of thousands perpetrated in Pleskau (Pskov) and KZ-Oranienburg. "PS -- I beg mild judgment in my case, since I am basically a good-hearted man. I am a great animal lover, and have never hurt an animal."

Interim report on Hans Walter, SS officer and head of the Police Prison and Security Work-training Camp in Posen; arrested Oct. 4 and committed suicide on night of Oct. 9-10, 1944. Report of murderous activities at work camp and police prison in Posen (Poznan) details dozens of specific murders he perpetrated: written in part by SS Judge Gerhardt Wiebeck. Marked "Confidential": appears to be a translation of a document associated with Wiebeck's investigation into Walter's activities form Nazi authorities.

Report by Agent George Hochschild on Wiebeck, a member of the SS Police Court on internal investigations on camps and operations, looking for corruption.

Statement by an anti-Nazi activist describing plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler, with kinds of communication within the group, names of participants, and further plans. Incomplete, with OSS report on German opposition to Hitler mentioning Bielenberg.

Secretary to Prince Frederick Leopold, transferred to Dachau, describes life in the camps.

Statement of Latvian underground member arrested by the Gestapo, describing treatment at Flossenburg, deaths and other abuse.

Statement of Yugoslavian Air Force Lt. Colonel, describing his arrest and treatment in concentration camps (including Flossenburg), noting food allotments, beatings, murder and deprivation

Statement by Catholic priest arrested in August 1943, sent to Dachau, describing atrocities at the camp.

Statement by spouse of German embassy employee in Spain, arrested and sent to Dachau, where she had "privileged" treatment, describes treatment of male prisoners in particular.

Statement by Hungarian Minister to Brazil arrested in October 1944 in Budapest, describes being taken to Mauthausen where he witnessed crematorium in full operation.

Statement of Prince Frederick Leopold, describing his persecution at hands of the Nazis, beginning in 1934 through his arrest and transfer to Dachau in October 1944.

Statement describing bludgeoning murder of Social Affairs and Deputy Burgermeister of Amsterdam at Amersfoort.

Canon of Catholic Church details anti-Nazi activity of the church between 1932 and 1941, when he was arrested. Details torture and medical experiments and names of perpetrators in Sachsenhausen.

Statement of Ravensbrueck inmate describing conditions and treatment of female prisoners, names of perpetrators.

Deposition of suspect in July 1944 attempt on Hitler's life, interned at Frostenberg and Buchenwald.

Statement of former Mayor of Vienna, arrested in 1938 and sent to Dachau. Describes events through 24 April 1945.

Interrogation of former Wehrmacht general, arrested on suspicion of being anti-Nazi; describing camp atrocities at Flossenburg, medical experiments on camp inmates; war criminals; names in the Nazi hierarchy.

Statement by early member of Nazi party and financial backer who ended up in the camps, liberated by Americans.

Detailed statement by Red Cross worker interned in Dachau from May 1941 to April 1945, with descriptions of life and death there.

Detailed statement by 27 year old woman describing extreme conditions in Ravensbrueck between April 1944 and March 1945; page 2 missing.

Statement by a Jehovah's Witness arrested in 1938. Detailed account of his life in Sachsenhausen between 1938 and 1945.

Affidavits by American soldier on his captivity near Berga.

Statement regarding beatings, torture, and difficult living conditions of prisoners of war.

Statement by SS Police Paul Mueller about a beating death of an unidentified American aviator.

Includes names of prisoners of war Glee Moore, Franklin Reed, Carl Revinski, Elmer Riffle, dates of birth, death, places of burial and cause.

Statement regarding beatings, torture, and difficult living conditions of American prisoners of war.

Report and exhibits relative to killing of downed American aviator in Wiesbaden, Austria, including depositions from villagers witnessing the event (Aumueller, Brueck, Dorman, Ecker, Holzl, Savter, Lebert, Leitner, Milli, Pansergrau, Ranke, Storeif, Weiermann); study of crash site; medical examiner's report; etc.

Statement by American soldier describing discovery of bodies of several American soldiers and demolished tank near Dusseldorf, Germany.

Transcription of debriefing interview with American soldier on his experiences as a prisoner of war

This folder contains eight section of a map representing the Nazi hierarchy, with Himmler's name at the top.