Karl Höllenreiner
The Sinto Karl Höllenreiner (born March 6, 1914 in Fürth ; † 1984 ) was a survivor of the Porajmos . He testified as a witness and victim of the seawater experiments at the Nuremberg medical trial and slapped the defendant.
Life
Höllenreiner was arrested on May 29, 1944 and deported to the Auschwitz gypsy camp that existed until August 1944 . There he was tattooed and registered with the prisoner number Z 10062.
From there he was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp . In mid-July 1944 he was transported to the Dachau concentration camp , where he served as a non-voluntary subject in Wilhelm Beiglböck's seawater experiments . He was then used as a forced laborer in a concentration camp external command of Messerschmitt GmbH .
After the war he worked as a textile goods and musical instrument dealer. During his testimony at the doctor's trial on June 17, 1947, he slapped the defendant. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison and released on probation shortly afterwards.
“The actual experiments began in the following week. We received no more food at all and only had to drink lake water or chemically prepared lake water. As far as I can remember, our group of 40 gypsies was divided into three roughly equal subgroups. Group 1 received only real sea water. Group 2 received only chemically prepared seawater, which had a dark yellow color and was certainly much worse than pure seawater. Group 3 received only prepared lake water, which looked roughly like real drinking water. I belonged to group 2. [...] During these experiments I had terrible thirsts, felt very ill, lost a lot of weight and in the end I developed a fever and felt so weak that I could no longer stand on my feet . [...]
I still clearly remember a scene where a Czechoslovak gypsy asked the air force doctor that he couldn't possibly drink more water. This Czechoslovak gypsy was then tied to a bed by order of the doctor of the air force, the doctor of the air force personally poured the sea water down for this gypsy with a stomach pump. Most gypsies received liver and spinal cord punctures during the experiments. I received a liver puncture myself and know from my own experience that these punctures were terribly painful. Even today, when the weather changes, I feel severe pain where the liver puncture was performed. All liver and spinal cord punctures were carried out personally by the Luftwaffe doctor ... [...] Of the original 40 men, as already mentioned, one only took part in the experiments for a few days. Three were so close to death that they were carried out on stretchers covered with white sheets that same evening. I never heard from these three again. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Exhibition of the House of Bavarian History, Exhibition of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site (PDF; 387 kB)
- ^ The Nuremberg Doctors Trial 1946/47. Index tape for the microfiche edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2000. p. 105, p. 292
- ^ The Nuremberg Doctors Trial 1946/47. Index tape for the microfiche edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2000. p. 105
- ^ Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in cooperation with the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, Heidelberg: Memorial book: The Sinti and Roma in the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. Saur-Verlag, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-11162-2 . P. 1326f (print version) = P. 299 of the document, one date is missing, the next earlier date is June 7, 1944 in Z 10053, no further date is given up to the last prisoner number, Z 10094
- ^ The Nuremberg Doctors Trial 1946/47. Index tape for the microfiche edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2000. p. 105
- ^ The Nuremberg Doctors Trial 1946/47. Index tape for the microfiche edition. Walter de Gruyter, 2000. p. 105, p. 292
- ↑ Parts of his statement: http://www.sintiundroma.de/sinti-roma/ns-voelkermord/vernichtung/medizinische-experimente/versuche-in-dachau.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hell purifier, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Rome |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuerth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |