BOIX: Yes. I recognized him on the photos and afterward we had to write
his name and the date because many SS always wanted to have collections
of all the photos of visits to the camp.
I recognized Speer on 36 photographs which were taken by SS
Oberscharführer Paul Ricken in 1943, during Speer’s visit to the Gusen
Camp and the quarry of Mauthausen. He always looked extremely pleased in
these pictures. There are even pictures which show him congratulating
Obersturmbannführer Franz Ziereis, then commander of the Mauthausen
Camp, with a cordial handshake.
M. DUBOST: One last question. Were there any officiating chaplains in
your camp? How did the internees who wanted religious consolation die?
BOIX: Yes, from what I could observe, there were several. There was an
order of German Catholics, known as “Bibelforscher,” but officially
. . .
M. DUBOST: But officially did the administration of the camp grant the
internees the right to practice their religion?
BOIX: No, they could do nothing, they were absolutely forbidden even to
live.