While Naujoks was able to survive the insubordination, Suhren insisted that he stand beside the prisoner on the gallows (which had been fitted with a winch in order to prolong the execution), and forced a young inmate to perform the hanging.

However, the SS command overruled Suhren's doubts and he was forced to apologise to Gebhardt and supply him with the prisoners he demanded.

[4] Suhren later said he witnessed experiments that included exposing women to high levels of X-rays in order to accomplish sterilisation.

[5] Near the end of World War II, Franz Göring (SS member) [de] and Benoit Musy approached Suhren to ask him to allow a convoy of women to leave the camp and go into the custody of the Scandinavian Red Cross.

[7] Sansom had in fact been instructed to adopt the false name and to encourage the presumption of her relationship to the British Prime Minister, as she was a spy in the camp.