Archive/File: camps/aktion.reinhard/sobibor bolender.001 people/b/bolender.kurt bolender.001 Last-Modified: 1994/07/26 [Regarding the gassings at Sobibor] Testimony of SS-Oberscharfuehrer Kurt Bolender, In the Belzec-Oberhauser trial: [Quoted in "BELZEC, SOBIBOR, TREBLINKA - the Operation Reinhard Death Camps", Indiana University Press - Yitzhak Arad, 1987, p. 76]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Before the Jews undressed, Oberscharfuehrer Michel made a speech to them. On these occasions, he used to wear a white coat to give the impression that he was a physician. Michel announced to the Jews that they would be sent to work, but before this they would have to take baths and undergo disinfection so as to prevent the spread of diseases... After undressing, the Jews were taken through the so-called Schlauch. They were led to the gas chambers not by the Germans but by the Ukrainians...After the Jews entered the gas chambers, the Ukrainians closed the doors. The motor which supplied the gas was switched on by a Ukrainian named Emil and by a German driver called Erich Bauer from Berlin. After the gassing, the door were opened and the corpses removed....
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