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and his adjutant, Col. Adam
Schmitt. a large, bull-necked man
with small eyes and thin mouth
wore a cap with long ear flaps lined
with leopard fur. Adam, bulky
young man probably less than 80
years old, also wore leopardskin
cap.
Won Paulus, Schmitt and Adam
were quartered in house separate
from the other generals and had a
special guard living with them, Don
1bakus, grinning KAYAK Red Army
sergeant.
At all points outside the house
were Red Army men with subma-
ehineguns. The temperature was
such that icicles formed on the
guards eyelashes and eyebrows.
s Other German generals were quar-.
tered In houses similar to that Of
Won Paulus.
The first room visiting CORE.
spendents entered was occupied by
1t. Gen. Schlemmer, commander
Of the 14th Tank Corps; 1t. Gen
Otto Rinaldi, surgeon general OF
the 9Th Army; 1t. Gen. Won Daniel
commander Of the 376th Infantry
and 1t: Gen. Dubois, commander Of
the 44th Infantry Division.
They rose to their feet as CORE
spondents entered.
Schlemmer, sharp featured
hook-nosed man, said in reply to q
question as to what he blamed for
the German defeat, said only: I'VE
had to fight"
He then turned to complain about
the rations being received, saying
they were no better than those re-
ceived by privates. Rinaldi also
Joined in this complaint. a Soviet
onicer said these complaints would
be attended to.
Asked for his opinion of the fight
ing qualities of the Red Army, Won
Daniel said, "The Red Army always
lights WELL
All four generals said they fought
In the Germany Army during the
last war Dubois, a sandy haired
man with two-day growth OF
beard, made it a special point to
say he commanded a Vienna
division.
In an adjacent room were 1t. Gen.
Maurice Won Drebber, commander Of
the 2osth Infantry Division; Maj.
Gen. Heinz Wolf, commander of ar
tillery Of the 4th Armp Corps; Brig.
Gen. Romulus Diditriu, commander
of the Doth Rumanian Division, and
1t. Col. Artur Weber, chief of stad
to Won Drebber.
Won Drebber was the first Ger
man general to surrender. Asked
why he surrendered, he said:
THE Red Army came from the
south; the Red Army came from the
north. We were cut of. We had
no food, no munitions. We had lost
our airdromes."
Story on Won Paulus' Capture.
!, Senior 1t. Fedor Yelchenko told
tins story of the capture Of Won
Paulus January 81 in the basement
OF a department store:
my brigade, commanded by Col.
Burmakov, was storming this posi-
ton. We knew Won Paulus was
here, because three German majors
captured the day before had told us.
The square and this building had
been under heavy trench mortar fire
for about IS minutes.
Then we stormed the building,
and my detachment of IS men
rushed the big gates leading to the
rear of the building.
THE German adjutant and an in
terpseter came to the gates and said
that their chief wanted to meet our
chief for negotiations. I said, Let
US in but they would admit only
two.
II did not like this, but finally
agreed TO 90 in with two junior Off
GERS. We found the place full OF
Germans.
Mai Gen. Roske and 1t. Gen
Schmitt said that they would. nego-
tiate in the name Of Won Paulus
Everytime we mentioned the terms
of the ultimatum Schmitt would &c
into Won Paulus' room and come
back with the answer.
They agreed to cease fighting
and was conducted into the room
where I found Won Paulus on the
bed.
"Roske asked that we not Kill
Won Paulus and that he should be
seen as little as possible. He re-
quested that Won Paulus should not
be treated as tramp That was
the word he used"
The Soviet general commanding
Stalingrad said that the plight Of
the German 9Th Army was hope
less from the middle OF November
and that many German officer:
knew this.
However, he said, the whole
strategy campaign had been di'
rected by Hitler and they had tt
obey his orders.