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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-2716 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 4 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF
HEINZ HERMANN SCHUBERT, 4 FEBRUARY 1947* |
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| I, Heinz Hermann Schubert, swear,
depose and declare- 1. I was born in Berlin on 27 August 1914. 1 went to school at Eisenberg (Thuringia) and at Berlin-Lichterfelde, including a trade school. In March 1931 I left school having obtained my school certificate [Obersekundareife]. 2. From April 1931 to August 1933 I worked for a lawyer. Later on I became a civilian employee in the Bremen office of the Reich Chancellery. 3. On 10 October 1934 I became a civilian employee with the SD and remained there until the end of the war. On 1 May 1934 I was taken over from the Hitler Youth into the Party and held membership card No. 3,474,350. On 10 October 1934 I became a member of the SS with the membership No. 107,326. 4. In October 1941 I was assigned to the Einsatzgruppe D. I did not take part in the courses and set-up of the Einsatzgruppe in Dueben which took place previously, neither did I take part in the beginning of the Russian campaign. 5. When arriving at Nikolaev in October 1941 I was ordered to a conference with Gruppenfuehrer Otto Ohlendorf, who at that time was the chief of Einsatzgruppe D. Ten more men who had arrived in a transport together with me attended this conference. The purpose of this conference was that Ohlendorf wanted to find out for which post a man was suited and could be used. None of us was meant to be leader of an Einsatzkommando. We were delegated to different units, most of them went to an Einsatzkommando, while I stayed with the staff. We only got acquainted with the work of the Einsatzgruppen, Einsatz- and Sonderkommandos after having joined these units. When leaving Berlin we were not told about the activities of these units. I became Ohlendorf's adjutant. 6. During this period I learned that two new leaders came to Ohlendorf who later on received an Einsatzkommando each. After their arrival they had a lengthy conversation with Ohlendorf; I was not present. Based on my own experiences, I can say for certain that these two leaders during their conversation with Ohlendorf received instructions regarding their services. The reports of these leaders arriving at our headquarters were written in the manner prescribed by Ohlendorf and also contained information as to the number of Russians and Jews executed. |
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* Defendant Schubert testified on 5-6 January 1848 (Tr. pp. 4560-4738).
