19 Dec. 45
Your Honors will recall that the Abwehr was the
intelligence organization.
"2. In the course of my official
duties at Henlein's headquarters I became familiar with the
composition and activities of the Free Corps. Three groups were being
formed under Henlein's direction: One in the Eisenstein area, Bavaria;
one in the Bayreuth area; one in the Dresden area; and possibly a
fourth in Silesia. These groups should be composed only of refugees
from the Sudetenland who had crossed the border into Germany, but they
actually contained Germans with previous service in the SA and the
NSKK (Nazi Motor Corps) as well. These Germans formed the backbone of
the Free Corps. On paper the Free Corps had a strength of 40,000 men
... Part of the equipment furnished to Henlein, mostly haversacks
cooking utensils, and blankets, was supplied by the SA."
The adaptability of the SA to whatever purpose was required of it is
demonstrated by its activities subsequent to the outbreak of the war.
During the war the SA continued to carry out its military training
program, but it also engaged in other functions. Its wartime activities
are set out in Document 3219-PS, which is Exhibit Number USA-433, and
Document 3216-PS, Exhibit Number USA-434, which are excerpts from Das
Archiv.
I quote first, briefly, from Document 3219-PS, the whole text exclusive
of the heading:
"The Chief of Staff of the SA,
Wilhelm Schepmarm, gave further orders to increase the employment of
the SA in the homeland war territories, according to the requirements
of total war. This was done in numerous business conferences with
leaders of the SA divisions.
"As a result of these conferences as well as of measures already
carried out earlier for the totalization of the war employment, the SA
has placed 86 percent of its professional leader corps at the disposal
of the front, even though the war missions of the SA have increased in
the fields of pre-military training, the SA penetration into new
territorial parts of the Reich, the air-war employment, the city and
country guard, et cetera, during wartime.
"The SA as a whole has given at present 70 percent of its
millions of members to the Wehrmacht."
I call attention of Your Honors to the statement of the membership of
August 26, 1944. 1 quote briefly from Document Number 3216-PS, the
English translation, just one sentence:
"By command of the Chief of Staff of
the SA, the SA unit 'General Government' was established, the command
of which