VEITH: Yes, they were prisoners of war, most of them.
M. DUBOST: Do you know of an execution of officers, prisoners of war,
who had been brought to the camp at Mauthausen?
VEITH: I cannot give you any names, but there were some.
M. DUBOST: Did you witness the execution of Allied officers who were
murdered within 48 hours of their arrival in camp?
VEITH: I saw the arrival of the convoy of 6 September. I believe that is
the one you are thinking of; I saw the arrival of this convoy and in the
very same afternoon these 47 went down to the quarry dressed in nothing
but their shirts and drawers. Shortly after we heard the sound of
machine gun fire. I then left the office and passed at the back,
pretending I was carrying documents to another office, and with my own
eyes I saw these unfortunate people shot down; 19 were executed on the
very same afternoon and the remainder on the following morning. Later
on, all the death certificates were marked, “Killed while attempting to
escape.”