SOBIBÓR - Holocaust Handbooks

J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR 181
voy of some 40 Jews apparently because the size of the convoy did not
warrant the operation of the gas chamber.” 515 Furthermore, the court
states in its reasoning: 516
“The court considers the participation [of the defendant Gomerski]
in the killing of detainee laborers to have been established
in the following cases: […] The detainee Stark, who had to take care
of the pigs held in the camp, was so severely beaten by the defendant
and by Frenzel that Stark in desperation ran out of the camp through
the gate which happened to be open at that time. The defendant and
Frenzel ran after him and shot him several times. Seriously wounded
– his body was ripped to the point that his entrails were hanging out
– Stark was brought back into the camp and presented in this state
to the other detainees assembled for the purpose. These occurrences
have been confirmed collectively by the witnesses L. and R. The latter
has also asserted that Stark was subsequently shot.”
Once the reader has stopped marveling at the fact that the gate at
Sobibór at times “happened to be open,” he should consult Miriam Novitch’s
book and read the testimony of Eda Lichtman: 517
“Shaul Stark took care of the geese, fed them and weighed them
every day. One time, a goose became ill and died. Frenzel, Bredow,
Wagner and Weiss whipped Stark to death. The man’s last words
were: ‘Avenge me, comrades, avenge me.’”
Now did the detainee take care of pigs or of geese? Who beat him
after one of the pigs or one of the geese died – Gomerski and Frenzel,
as was accepted by the Frankfurt district court on the basis of the credible
witnesses Esther Raab and Samuel Lerer who testified under oath,
or Frenzel, Bredow, Wagner, and Weiss, as we learn from Eda Lichtman?
Was he shot (Esther Raab) or whipped to death (Eda Lichtman)?
The extraordinary blindness of the Frankfurt judges can be seen
from the following passage of their verdict: 518
“The defendant denies ever to have shot or beaten to death anyone.
[…] On the basis of the testimonies recorded during the main
trial hearings and the interrogations and depositions of the witnesses
not present, read during the main trial hearings, the court rejects
the declaration of the defendant as having been disproved. […]
515 Ibid., p. 3.
516 Ibid., p. 4f.
517 M. Novitch, op. cit. (note 39), p. 57.
518 LG Frankfurt, op. cit. (note 503), p. 3f.