The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
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The German Army in Belgium, the White Book of May 1915
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
As to Case: On August 23rd, as we were proceeding to Dinant, my
attention was drawn by Major von der Pforte, a short distance from
Dinant, to the body of a German soldier, who had been fastened
with wire by the hands and feet to pegs which had been driven into
the ground. The body was almost completely carbonised, and to all
appearances some highly inflammable liquid had been poured over it.
According to the state of the existing lines of demarcation, the man
must have been burnt alive. By the remains of the uniform, particularly
the buttons, he was plainly to be recognised as a German soldier.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: Dr. HOLEY, Staff-Surgeon of Reserve.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Further remark: The body lay in the neighbourhood of an estate near the
marble quarries.
Signed: LOSSOW, Lieutenant and Officer of the Court.
Signed: SCHUBERT, Acting-Sergeant-Major
and Clerk of the Military Court.
C. App. 75.
Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court.
Non-commissioned Officer of Reserve STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS, NEAR PONTARVET, _March 6th, 1915_.
By request of the Imperial German Court of Justice of the General
Government in Belgium there appeared by order as witness Corporal of
Reserve Wahl, who, after the importance of the oath had been pointed
out to him, and he had been warned to speak the whole truth, made the
following statement:
As to Person: My name is Hermann Kurt Wahl, 22 years old; Protestant;
Corporal of Reserve, 5th Company, Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108;
shop assistant at Deuben, near Dresden.
As to Case: On the march to Dinant on August 23rd, I saw lying in
a ditch by the road to the east of the Sorinnes-Dinant road a dead
Jäger. His hands and feet were bound together with wire. The body was
otherwise completely charred. I was only able to recognise that he was
a Jäger by the articles of equipment lying near.
Read over, approved, signed.
Signed: HERMANN KURT WAHL.
The witness was thereupon sworn.
Signed: DACHSEL. Signed: STEIGER.
C. App. 76.
Present:
Lieutenant of Reserve DACHSEL, as Officer of the Court.
Non-commissioned Officer of Reserve STEIGER, as Clerk of the Court.
LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS, _March 7th, 1914_.
By order there appeared as witness Rifleman Willkommen, who, after the
importance of the oath had been pointed out to him, and he had been
warned to speak the truth, made the following statement:
As to Person: My name is Paul Robert Willkommen, rifleman, 7th Company,
Rifle (Fusilier) Regiment No. 108; 22 years old; Protestant.
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