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backs and lean forward until they touched the ground wlth
their foreheads.  Those who could not perform this feat
were assisted by the guards, who kicked them in the back
of the neck.  Others were made to run round the building.
Some were sick.  The guards removed the vomit by taking
the culprit by the soruff of the neck and wiping it away 
with his face and hair.
 
 
 About 5 p.m. motor lorries manned by S.S. men drove 
up and the prisoners were driven into them with blows and
kicks. They were taken across the town to a suburban
railway station.  When unloaded they had to go down some
steps leading into a dark viaduct, giving access to the
platform. The guards rained blows and kicks on all they
could reach. When in the viaduct they were halted and
ordered to face the walls. They thought they were about
to be shot and some became hysterical. The guards passed 
up and down behind them kicking amd beating them.  Some
men in mufti joined in this sport. They were then
entrained for Buchenwalde near Weimar.  During the journey, 
which took several hours, the guards passed up and down
knocking out teeth, bashing in heads and doling out black
eyes. At Weimar they were detrained and forced with blows and
kicks into over-crowded lorries.  During the lorry Journey
they were told to keep their heads between their knees, and
in that position they were belaboured with sticks.
 
 
 On arrival at the camp they were driven with kicks and
blows into a wire enclosure, charged with an electric
current, and many were badly burnt who tried to escape.
They were then addressed by the commander of the camp, who
 
 
told/