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		3 Jan. 46 a letter to the commandant to send no more people by foot to any place but, whenever the Allies advanced any further, to give over the camp completely. I did that on my own responsibility and I told him that I came straight from Berlin and that I can be found in my service post in Munich. The commandant or his deputy telephoned at about 12 o'clock and told me that he had received this order from Kaltenbrunner after he had been asked by the Gauleiter of Munich, the Reichskommissar ... " (Document Number USA-529) The tenth crime for which Kaltenbrunner is responsible as Chief of the Security Police and SD is the persecution of the Jews. This crime, of course, continued after 30 January 1943; and evidence has heretofore been received that the persecutions continued until, and were accelerated toward, the end of the war. Kaltenbrunner took a personal interest in such matters, as is indicated by Document 2519-PS, which is offered as exhibit next in order, Exhibit Number USA-530. This exhibit consists of a memorandum and an affidavit; and I invite the attention of the Tribunal to the affidavit. Quoting from the affidavit: "I, Henri Monneray, being first duly sworn, depose and say that since 12 September 1945 1 have been and I am the member of the French staff for the prosecution of Axis criminality and have been pursuing my official duties in this connection in Nuremberg, Germany, since 12 October 1945. "In the course of my official duties, at the instruction of the French Chief Prosecutor, I examined the personal documents of the defendants ... " THE PRESIDENT: Is it necessary to read all of this? What is the object of this affidavit? LT. COMDR. HARRIS: To show that this document was derived from the personal effects of the Defendant Kaltenbrunner. THE PRESIDENT: From the personal possession? LT. COMDR. HARRIS: From the personal possession. THE PRESIDENT: Yes, well, you can leave out the immaterial parts. LT. COMDR. HARRIS: Very good, Sir. Passing to the last sentence of the affidavit: "Said Document 2519-PS is the document which I found in the envelope containing Kaltenbrunner's personal papers." I now read the memorandum, quoting: "Radio message to Gruppenführer SS Major General Vegelein, Headquarters of the Führer through Sturmbannführer SS Major Sansoni, Berlin. 309
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