THE INVESTIGATION
COUNSEL FOR
because it smelled of chlorine
Chlorine was poured over the corpses
I can't stand to be in locked rooms
THE DEFENSE: No loss of memory
4TH WITNESS: I would like to forget
COUNSEL FOR
but I keep seeing it
I would like to have the number on my arm
removed
In the summer
when I wear sleeveless dresses
people stare at it
and I always see the same look
in their eyes
THE DEFENSE: What look
4TH WITNESS: Scorn
JUDGE:
Does the witness
feel she is still being persecuted
4TH WITNESS:
[Remains silent]
JUDGE:
What experiments
does the witness recall
4TH WITNESS:
JUDGE:
4TH WITNESS:
JUDGE:
4TH WITNESS:
There were girls there
17
or
18
years old
They were chosen
from the healthiest prisoners
They were used for X-ray experiments
Could you describe these experiments
The girls were placed
in front of the X-ray machines
A
metal plate was attached
to their stomachs and buttocks
The X-rays were directed at their ovaries
which were burned out
Burns and running sores developed
on their stomachs and buttocks as a result
What was done with these girls
Within the next three months
