DUPONT: M. De Tessan was a former French minister, married to an
American. He also died on a straw mattress, covered with pus, from a
disease known as septicopyohemia.
I also witnessed the death of Count de Lipkowski, who had done brilliant
military service in this war. He had been granted the honors of war by
the German Army and had, for one thing, been invited to Paris by Rommel,
who desired to show the admiration he felt for his military brilliance.
He died miserably in the winter of 1944.
One further instance: The Belgian Minister Janson was in the camp living
under the conditions which I have already described, and of which you
must have already heard very often. He died miserably, a physical and
mental wreck. His intellect had gone and he had partially lost his
reason.
I cite only extreme cases and especially those of generals, as they were
said to be granted special conditions. I saw no sign of that.
The last stage in this process of the degradation of human beings was
the setting of internee against internee.
M. DUBOST: Before dealing with this point, will you describe the
conditions in which you found your former professor, Léon Kindberg,
professor of medicine?
DUPONT: I studied medicine under Professor Maurice Léon Kindberg at the
Beaujon Hospital.