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landed behind the German front in the
Slovakian or Hungarian area in January 1945, 1 remember when these
persons were brought to Camp Mauthausen. I suppose the number of the
arrivals was about 12 to 15 men. They wore a uniform, which was
American or Canadian, brown-green color shirt and tunic and cloth cap.
Eight or 10 days after their arrival the execution order came in by
telegraph or teletype. Standartenführer Ziereis came to me into
my office and told me, 'Now Kaltenbrunner has given the permission for
the execution.' This letter was secret and had the signature 'signed,
Kaltenbrunner.' Then these people were shot according to martial law
and their belongings were given to me by Oberscharführer
Niedermeyer."
The fifth
crime for which Kaltenbrunner is responsible as Chief of the Security
Police and SD was the deportation of citizens of occupied territories
for forced labor and the disciplining of forced labor.
I am sure the Tribunal will recall, without referring to it, Document
3012-PS, which has heretofore been received as Exhibit Number USA-190.
That was the letter from the head of the Sonderkommando of the Sipo and
SD, which stated that the Ukraine would have to provide a million
workers for the armament industry and that force should be used where
necessary. That letter was dated 19 March 1943.
Kaltenbrunner's responsibility for the disciplining of foreign labor is
shown by Document 1063-PS, which has heretofore been received as Exhibit
Number USA-492. No part of this letter has been read into the record.
This letter dated 26 July 1943 was addressed to Higher SS and Police
Leaders, commanders and inspectors of the Sipo and SD, and to the chiefs
of Einsatz Groups B and D.
The Tribunal will recall that Einsatz Groups A, B, C, and D, operating
in the East, carried out the extermination of Jews and Communist
leaders. This document proves Kaltenbrunner's control over Einsatz
Groups B and D. This document is signed "Kaltenbrunner." The
first paragraph provides as follows:
"The Reichsführer SS has given
his consent that besides concentration camps, which come under the
jurisdiction of the SS Economic and Administration Main Office,
further labor reformatory camps may be created for which the Security
Police alone is competent. These labor reformatory camps are dependent
on the authorization of the Reich Security Main Office, which can only
be granted in case of urgent need (great number of foreign workers,
and so forth)." I now offer Document D-473 as exhibit next in
order, Exhibit Number USA-522. It should be right at the beginning of,
the