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Testimony of: Capt. Richard F. Taylor (Contd).

8 A Not to my knowledge.

9 Q Do you know of any having been killed since your arrival here?

A I don't know whether or not they were guards of the camp. I didn't see it myself, but I know of three SS men that were killed.

10 Q By Whom?

A Inmates, the way I heard it. At least they were said to have worn the striped uniform.

11 Q Do you know whether or not these three SS men were prisoners of war at the time?

A No, sir, I don't. All that I know is that the three bodies are out by the railroad cars now.

12 Q Do you know of any other instances?

A Yes. Last night while going through the camp with General Lewis we noticed some inmates of the camp pushing two others 500 or 600 yards in front of us. We went to investigate and before we got there, there were two shots and there was such a crowd that we don't know who fired the shots, but we got a GI rifle. The soldier said the rifle was taken from him. I have his name and organization here. Today I turned the information over to the CID, and they said they would come down and try to identify the two inmates.

13 Q What is the name of the soldier?

A Peter J. De Marzo, Private, 42175967, Company "L" 157th Infantry.

14 Q Do you know whether or not any charges are being filed against this soldier?

A I wanted to find his commanding officer and inform him, but I did inform a Lt. Stewart of the 157th Infantry that I would like to see his commanding officer because I didn't know where the Company "L" CP was. And, as I say, I turned the matter over to Major Woost, who is the camp executive officer.

15 Q Do you have any knowledge of any other instances similar to this?

A Yes. On the same tour about one half hour before this incident, internees had brought us another inmate and claimed he was an SS man. Major Giraud investigated the matter and satisfied the others that he knew this man, which they had, and this man had been a political prisoner in the camp for over a year.