3 Jan. 46
LT. COL. BROOKHART: What was his position?
WISLICENY: Eichmann was in the RSHA, a section chief in Amt IV,
Gestapo.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Do you mean Section IV or a subsection, and, if so,
which subsection?
WISLICENY: He ran Section IVA4. This department comprised two
subsections: one for churches and another for Jewish matters.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: You have before you a diagram showing the position
of Subsection IVA4b in the RSHA.
WISLICENY: Yes.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Did you prepare this diagram?
WISLICENY: Yes, I made the diagram myself.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Does it correctly portray the organizational setup
showing the section dealing with Jewish problems?
WISLICENY: Yes, this was approximately the personnel of the section at
the beginning of 1944.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Referring to this chart and the list of leading
personnel as shown in the lower section of the paper, were you
personally acquainted with each of the individuals named therein?
WISLICENY: Yes, I knew all of them personally.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: What was the particular mission of IVA4b of the
RSHA?
WISLICENY: This Section IVA4b was concerned with the Jewish question
for the RSHA. Eichmann had special powers from Gruppenführer Müller,
the Chief of Amt IV, and from the Chief of the Security Police. He was
responsible for the so-called solution of the Jewish question in Germany
and in all countries occupied by Germany.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Were there distinct periods of activity affecting
the Jews?
WISLICENY: Yes.
LT. COL. BROOKHART: Will you describe to the Tribunal the approximate
periods and the different types of activity?
WISLICENY: Yes. Until 1940 the general policy within the section was to
settle the Jewish question in Germany and in areas occupied by Germany
by means of a planned emigration. The second phase, after that date, was
the concentration of all Jews, in Poland and in other territories
occupied by Germany in the East, in ghettos. This period lasted
approximately until the beginning of