us-005578-irn1004906
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date: 1987 June 03
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identifier: irn1004906
note: Abbreviated transcript with real time code idents available in departmental files.
scope and content: 15:51 President Cerdini calls a civil party, Mrs. Alice Arnault, née Zohar, to the stand; the civil party presents herself to the court 15:52 Mrs. Arnault describes her arrest in July 1944, by a member of the Gestapo; he explained to her that she had been denominated by someone called 'Le Boiteux,' and that there was a 5,000 franc prize on her head; she was quickly transferred to Montluc, and then sent on the August 11 transport to Drancy and then to Auschwitz; the witness was then transfered to a forced labor camp in Kratszau, where she worked in a factory 15:58 President Cerdini comments on Mrs. Arnault's inability to recognize the Germans who interrogated her; he asks whether she had knowledge of the existence of the camps prior to her own deportation, and she replies that she did 15:59 Prosecutor Iannucci comments on the civil party's denunciation by 'Le Boiteux,' explaining that his actual name was Goetzmann, and that with his mistress Maria Benamarah, he was responsible for the denunciations of many Jews in the area; both Goetzmann and Benamarah were sentenced to death following the Liberation 16:01 President Cerdini calls a recess 16:29 Cerdini reconvenes the hearing, and calls the next civil party to the stand; the civil party, Charlotte Wardy née Fass, presents herself to the court 16:30 Mrs. Wardy describes the arrest of herself and her family in Montélimar; she was transferred to Montluc, where she shared a cell with Mrs. Vansteenbergh; the civil party describes life at Montluc and Mrs. Vansteenbergh's unparalleled positivity and courage; Mrs. Wardy describes her departure on the transport of August 11, 1944, as well as the voyage to and arrival in Auschwitz; she describes Mengele's appearance at the roll call, and his selection of people for the gas chambers; Mrs. Wardy was sent to a work camp in Kratszau, and describes life there 16:50 The Attorney General asks the civil party to describe in more detail the conditions of travel in the transport of Augus…
title: Barbie Trial -- Day 16 -- Three civil parties testify