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Government General, which is based on the
regulations in force for the Reich."
And then the regulations are quoted. The significance of this document
is that it proves that as late as 1944 third-degree interrogations were
still being conducted by the Gestapo.
I next pass to the activity of the Gestapo and the SD as being primary
agencies for the persecution of the Jews; and I do not intend to go into
any of the evidence previously introduced, except to refer to the
participation of these organizations.
The responsibility of the Gestapo and SD for the mass extermination
program carried out by the Einsatz groups of the Sipo and SD, in the
annihilation camps to which Jews were sent by the Sipo and SD, has
already been considered; and I simply cite to the Tribunal the Document
2615-PS, which has previously been introduced and in which the number of
Jews executed was referred to by Eichmann. I simply call attention that
Eichmann was head of Section B IV of the Gestapo. That section of the
Gestapo dealt with Jewish affairs, including matters of evacuation,
means of suppressing enemies of the people and the State, and the
dispossession of rights of German citizenship. The Gestapo was also
charged with the enforcement of discriminatory laws, which heretofore
have been introduced.
I now invite Your Honors' attention to Document 3058-PS, Exhibit Number
USA-508. I would like to exhibit to Your Honors that it is a
red-bordered document signed by Heydrich himself and addressed to the
Defendant Göring It is dated the 11th of November 1938. I pass this
to the reporter — and before it is passed to the reporter —
there is an appendix attached to it to the effect that the matter had
been called to the attention of the Defendant Göring.
Now this concerns a report of activities of the Gestapo in connection
with the anti-Jewish demonstrations, you will recall, in the fall of
1938. This is a report from Heydrich personally to the Defendant Göring
It is addressed to the Prime Minister, General Field Marshal Göring
and is dated the 11th of November 1938. The previous documents showed
that that activity occurred just before — and the order for it in
connection with the Jewish uprooting or extermination:
"The extent of the destruction of
Jewish shops and houses cannot yet be verified by figures. The figures
given in the reports — 815 shops destroyed, 29 department stores
set on fire or destroyed, 171 dwelling houses set on fire or destroyed
— indicate only a fraction of the actual damage caused, as far as
arson is concerned. Due to the urgency of the reporting, the reports
received to date are entirely limited to general statements such as
'numerous' or 'most shops