20 Dec. 45
"The civil administration of White
Ruthenia makes every effort to win the population over to Germany, in
accordance with the instructions of the Führer These efforts
cannot be brought into harmony with the methods described here." —
Signed by the Commissioner General for White Ruthenia.
And then, on the 11th of November 1941, he forwards it on to the Reich
Minister for occupied countries, in Berlin.
THE PRESIDENT: Who was that at that time?
COL. STOREY: The Reich Minister, I believe — at that time at least
— for the eastern occupied countries was the Defendant Rosenberg. I
think that is correct. On the same date, by separate letter, the
Commissioner General of White Ruthenia reported to the Reich
Commissioner for the eastern countries that he had received money,
valuables, and other objects taken by the police in the action at Sluzk
and other regions, all of which had been deposited with the Reich Credit
Institute for the disposal of the Reich Commissioner.
On 21 November 1941 a report on the Sluzk incident was sent to the
personal reviewer of the permanent deputy of the Minister of the Reich
with a copy to Heydrich, who was the Chief of the Security police and
the SD. That is shown on the first page of Document Number 1104-PS.
The activities of the Einsatz groups continued throughout 1943 and 1944
under Kaltenbrunner as Chief of the Security Police and SD. Under
adverse war conditions, however, the program of extermination was, to a
large extent, changed to one of rounding up slave labor for Germany.
I next refer to Document 3012-PS, which has heretofore been introduced
as Exhibit USA-190. This is a letter from the headquarters of one of the
Commando groups, a section known as Einsatz Group C, dated 19 March
1943. This letter summarizes the real activities and methods of the
Gestapo and SD, and I should like to refer to additional portions to
those previously quoted, on Page 2 of Document 3012-PS; and I believe I
will read the first page, beginning with the first paragraph:
"It is the task of the Security
Police and of the Security Service" — SD — "to
discover all enemies of the Reich, and fight against them in the
interest of security, especially the security of the Army in the zone
of operations. Besides the annihilation of active, avowed opponents,
all other elements who by virtue of their convictions or their past
might under favorable conditions actively appear as enemies are to be
eliminated through preventive measures. The Security Police carries
out this task according to the general directives of the Führer
with all required severity. Energetic measures