BALACHOWSKY: I saw SS men come out of Block 2, the Pathological Block,
carrying tanned skins under their arms. I know, from my comrades who
worked in Pathological Block 2, that there were orders for skins; and
these tanned skins were given as gifts to certain guards and to certain
visitors, who used them to bind books.
M. DUBOST: We were told that Koch, who was the head at that time, was
sentenced for this practice.
BALACHOWSKY: I was not a witness of the Koch affair, which happened
before I came to the camp.
M. DUBOST: So that even after he left there were still tanned and
tattooed skins?
BALACHOWSKY: Yes, there were constantly tanned and tattooed skins, and
when the camp was liberated by the Americans, they found in the camp, in
Block 2, tattooed and tanned skins on 11 April 1945.