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the Prague office to send a teletype message to the
Gestapo office in Köslin ordering protective custody of one Ratzke,
and her commitment to the concentration camp at Ravensbrück for
refusing to work. The order carried the facsimile signature of
Kaltenbrunner and I invite the attention of the Tribunal to the original
which has that facsimile for the arrest. Orders of this type were the
basis for the orders actually sent out to the Prague office, which
carried the teletype signature of Kaltenbrunner. At the bottom of the
page the Tribunal will note the facsimile stamp of Kaltenbrunner.
I next refer to Document L-215, which has heretofore been received as
Exhibit Number USA-243. I believe the Tribunal will recall this
document, which has heretofore been received in evidence, and which
contains 25 orders for arrest issued out of the Prague office of the
RSHA to the Einsatzkommando of Luxembourg, all of which carry the typed
signature of Kaltenbrunner. And the Court will remember — and I am
holding up the original document — that these arrest orders were
the red forms which the commandant of Buchenwald referred to in his
affidavit as being the forms which he saw coming from RSHA committing
persons to Buchenwald.
The concentration camps to which persons were committed, according to
Document L-215, by Kaltenbrunner, included Dachau, Natzweiler,
Sachsenhausen, and Buchenwald.
THE PRESIDENT: What was the date of it?
LT. COMDR. HARRIS: The most of these, Sir, were in 1944. I believe they
are all in 1944.
THE PRESIDENT: It does not appear on the document does it?
LT. COMDR. HARRIS: It does appear, Sir, on the original document, yes.
The first page of this translation is a summary of all of these. There
is only one of the dossiers which has been translated in full, and the
date on that one is 15. 2. 1944.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes; I see.
LT. COMDR. HARRIS: Among the grounds specified on these orders carrying
the typed signature of Kaltenbrunner were, quoting:
"Strongly suspected of working to the
detriment of the Reich; spiteful statements inimical to Germany, as
well as aspersions and threats against persons active in the National
Socialist movement;. strongly suspected of aiding deserters."
I now offer Document 2239-PS as exhibit next in order, Exhibit Number
USA-520. This is a file of 42 telegrams sent by the Prague office of the
RSHA to the Gestapo office at Darmstadt, and they all carry the teletype
signature of Kaltenbrunner. These commitment orders were issued during
the period from 20 September 1944 to 2 February 1945. The concentration
camps to which Kaltenbrunner