Protocol of the interrogation of Fritz Suhren before the French military court in Rastatt, with cover letter (1949, 1964)

Scope and content

Contains:
I) Letter of the Regional Court Frankfurt/Main to the ITS, concerning the enclosed interrogation protocol of the former camp commander of CC Ravensbrück, Fritz Suhren, (dated 12/05/1949), 11/06/1964.
II) Record of the interrogation of Fritz Suhren on 12/05/1949, accused before the French military court in Rastatt (German and French version), 12/05/1949.

The record of the interrogation contains, among other things, statements on the following contents:
- General information on CC Ravensbrück
- Duration of Fritz Suhren's function as camp commander
- Deliberate killings and bodily injuries
- Mortality of prisoners
- Forced labor
- Hygiene and medical care in the camp
- Sterilization of prisoners carried out by SS physician Dr. Clauberg
- Medical experiments on prisoners
- Executions
- Shootings of English and French parachutists at CC Ravensbrück, with reference to testimonies of female witnesses
- The shooting of Polish women
- The youth Concentration Camp Uckermark
- Gas chambers and crematorium

In some places the protocol mentions names and testimonies of female witnesses who survived the Ravensbrück camp.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Landgericht Frankfurt / Main