“Where specifically in Germany?'
“Munchen.'
“And what were you doing there in 1944?'
“I was a patient at the Clinic for the Fatherland.'
“What was this clinic?'
“A medical clinic for the care of women and infants.'
“Did this clinic provide room and board for pregnant women?'
“Yes. I believe so. Yes.'
“And did it provide room and board and medical care for other women who were not pregnant?'
“Yes. In some cases it did.'
“Isn't it true that the Clinic for the Fatherland provided free medical care, room and board, and other accommodations for you, Miss Kaplan, when you entered the program?'
“Yes.'
“And what service did you perform to obtain this free care the clinic provided for you?'
The witness mumbled an inaudible answer.
“Please speak louder. The question was, what service did you perform to obtain this free care the clinic provided for you?'
“I became pregnant and had a baby.'
“Was the father of the child your husband?'
“No.'
“Who was the father of your child?'
“I was not told his identity.'
“You were required, were you not, to have intercourse with a man you did not know?'
“I ... uh ... was told he was an officer and that he'd met all the requirements set by the clinic.'
“What organization maintained and operated this clinic?'
“The SS.'
“So in 1944, you became pregnant with the child of a German officer in the Waffen-SS, or so you were led to believe. And then you had a baby?'
“Yes.'
“Was this baby healthy and normal?'
“Yes, he—” Suddenly she broke down and began crying. The avenging angel of the court had seen this phenomenon many times and he said nothing. The tribunal and the prosecution waited. After a few moments her tears subsided.
“When your baby was delivered, tell us what happened next.'
“They brought my baby son to me and I was allowed to keep him with me for a short while. I kept him with me for four—almost four weeks.'
“And after your baby son was four weeks old, approximately, what happened?'
“They took him from me.'
“For what purpose, do you know?'
“I don't know.” She blew her nose. “They said I was unfit.” She looked down for a beat, and the prosecutor thought she was going to lose it again, but she straightened and continued. “They said they'd discovered discrepancies in my medical history, and that I was no longer considered a fit mother for participation in the childbirth program.'
“Isn't it true that you were forced to enroll in the program, that you'd had no choice in the first place?'
“Yes. They came to me and said it was required.'
“Required by law?'
“Required by the SS.'
“The SS needed women to be mothers?'
“Yes. They said they needed healthy German women with untainted bloodlines.'
“Were you going under the name Anna Kaplan at that time?'
“No.'
“What name were you using when you were recruited by the SS?'
“Anna Schumann.'
“And you were using this name so that you could pose as an Aryan-born German?'
“Yes. They were rounding up Jews.'
“Whose idea was it for you to use the identity of Anna Schumann?'
“It was my parents’ idea. They made me leave home and take the new identity.'
“What happened to your parents?'
“The SS took them. After the war I found out they were taken to Treblinka. They both died in the camp.'
“And so when the clinic said you were unfit and took your baby, did they elaborate about why you were no longer a fit mother?'
“No.'
“Did they tell you they had found out you were Jewish?'
“No. They just said there were discrepancies in my records.'
“Were you then released from the clinic?'
“No. They took me to this other house where they said I had to stay.'
“And what happened to you while you were at this other house?'
“There was a doctor who had been at the clinic and he came to the house. I was forced to do things with him.'
“He had sexual relations with you?'
“Yes.'
“Do you know the name of this doctor?'
“Yes. Dr. Shtolz.'
“Is this the individual whose photograph I now show you, which is prosecution exhibit 294-L? Let the record show this is a photograph of Emil Shtolz, taken in 1943, and documented by the Ludwigsburg Center for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes. Is this the Dr. Shtolz you knew?'
“Yes.'
“Dr. Emil Shtolz had a nickname while he was assistant director for the Clinic for the Fatherland. Do you know what the nickname was?'
“Butcher. The Boy Butcher.'
“Do you know why he was called the Boy Butcher?'
“He cut people apart. He was a monster. Because he was very young they called him Boy Butcher.'
“And you were forced to do things with this young doctor?'
“Yes.'
“What were you forced to do?'
“To have sex.'
“Normal sexual relations?'
“No.'
“Please explain what you were forced to do.'
“Depraved sex acts. Awful things.'
“And isn't it true that you were told that if you did not perform these awful sex acts that Dr. Shtolz would hurt your baby?'
“Yes. He said he would kill my baby if I didn't do what he wanted.'
“And you believed him?'
“Yes.'
Anna Kaplan, witness number 113 for the State in the special investigation of Nazi war crimes before the War Crimes Tribunal of the State of Israel, felt as if she'd been questioned for a week, but she'd been giving testimony for less than an hour.
The prosecution was very experienced, and read exhaustion in her eyes, as well as melancholy, hatred,
