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PETE R WEI SS
COUNSEL FOR
THE DEFENSE: Did you have any contact with partisans
or any connection with the outside world
3RD WITNESS: Prisoners assigned to factory work
could occasionally establish contact
with partisans
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and they were able to give us reports
about the situation at the various fronts
THE DEFENSE: Were preparations made
for an armed rising in the camp
3RD WITNESS: We managed to
smuggle in dynamite later on
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THE DEFENSE: Was the camp ever attacked
from the outside or by any groups inside
3RD WITNESS: In the last winter of the war
the special squads
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that worked in the crematoriums
revolted
The revolt was unsuccessful
That was the only active attempt
From the outside
no attempt was made
THE DEFENSE: Did you ever request aid
through your contacts
3RD WITNESS: Reports on conditions in the camp
were smuggled out time and again
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THE DEFENSE: What did you hope would come
of getting these reports out
3RD WITNESS: We hoped for an air raid
on the gas chambers
or that the railroad tracks
leading
into the camp
would be bombed
