20 Dec. 45
THE TRIBUNAL: (Mr. Biddle): Where are you reading from?
COL. STOREY: It is Document 3033-PS, and it is an affidavit of Walter
Schellenberg, one of the former officials I referred to a moment ago.
I believe, if Your Honor pleases, to get it in the record, I will read
that whole affidavit. It is Document 3033-PS, Exhibit USA-488. I have
the English translation here:
"The Sipo and SD was composed of the
Gestapo, Kripo, and SD. In 1943-45 the Gestapo had a membership of
about 40,000 to 50,000, the Kripo had a membership of about 15,000,
and the SD had a membership of about 3,000. In common usage and even
in orders and decrees the term 'SD' was used as an abbreviation for
the term 'Sipo and SD.' In most cases actual executive action was
carried out by personnel of the Gestapo in place of the SD or the
Kripo. In occupied territories, members of the Gestapo frequently wore
SS uniforms with SD insignia. New members of the Gestapo and the SD
were taken on a voluntary basis."
And then "subscribed and sworn to on the 21st of November 1945
before Lieutenant Harris."
I think I ought to say here, if Your Honors please, that it is our
information that a great many of the members of the Gestapo were also
members of the SS. We have heard various estimates of the amount but
have no direct authority. Some authorities say as much as 75 percent,
but still we have no direct evidence on that.
I now offer in evidence Document 2751-PS, which is Exhibit USA-482. It
is an affidavit of Alfred Helmut Naujocks, dated November 20, 1945. This
affidavit particularly refers to the actual occurrences in connection
with the Polish border incident. I believe it was referred to by the
Witness Lahousen when he was on the stand:
"I, Alfred Helmut Naujocks, being first duly sworn, depose and
state as follows:
"1. I was a member of the SS from
1931 to 19 October 1944 and a member of the SD from its creation in
1934 to January 1941. 1 served as a member of the Waffen-SS from
February 1941 until the middle of 1942. Later I served in the
Economics Department of the Military Administration of Belgium from
September 1942 to September 1944. 1 surrendered to the Allies on 19
October 1944.
"2. On or about 10 August 1939 the Chief of the Sipo and SD,
Heydrich, personally ordered me to simulate an attack on the radio
station near Gleiwitz, near the Polish border, and to make it appear
that the attacking force consisted of