Excerpt of interrogation of Albert Tiefenbaeher [Albert Tiefenbaeher was at Mauthausen concentration camp from 1938 until 31 May 1945 and he was employed in the crematorium for three years as a carrier of dead bodies.]
Q. Do you remember Eigruber?
A. Eigruber and Kaltenbrunner were from Linz.
Q. Did you ever see them in Mauthausen?
A. I saw Kaltenbrunner very often.
Q. How many times?
A. He came from time to time and went through the crematorium.
Q. About how many times?
A. Three or four times.
Q. On any occasion when he came through, did you hear him say anything to anybody?
A. When Kaltenbrunner arrived most prisoners had to disappear, only certain people were introduced to him.
Extracts from an interrogation on the killing of prisoners at Mauthausen, and Kaltenbrunner's inspections of the crematorium
Authors
Albert Tiefenbacher (Mauthausen inmate, crematorium worker)
Albert Tiefenbacher
- Additional details not yet available.
David G. Paston (lt. col., war crimes interrogator (1945))
David G. Paston
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 07 December 1945
Literal Title: Interrogation of Albert Tiefenbacher, 7 December 1945, at Salzburg, Austria . . . Concerning the murder of American and British prisoners of war on or about 24 January 1945.
Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3845
Citation: IMT (page 7690)
HLSL Item No.: 451769
Notes:Paston interrogated Tiefenbacher. The killing of POWs is not included in this extract.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-3845: Folder containing interrogations of a Tiefenbacher, Albert re: Concentration Camp Mauthausen
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-3845: Testimony of Albert Tiefenbacher, taken at Salzburg, Austria, 7 December 1945, giving details of murders of American and other prisoners of war on or about 24 January 1945, at Mauthausen concentration camp