. NMT04-T0133
Volume IV · Page 133
| Berlin, 31 July 1941 | |
| To The Chief of the Security
Police and the Security Service, SS Gruppenfuehrer Heydrich
Complementing the task that was assigned to you on 24 January 1939, which dealt with arriving at — through furtherance of emigration and evacuation — a solution of the Jewish problem, as advantageously as possible, I hereby charge you with making all necessary preparations in regard to organizational and financial matters for bringing about a complete solution of the Jewish question in the German sphere of influence in Europe. Whenever other governmental agencies are involved, these are to cooperate with you. I charge you furthermore to send me, before long, an over-all plan concerning the organizational, factual, and material measures necessary for the accomplishment of the desired solution of the Jewish question. |
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| [Signed] GOERING | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-2856 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 148 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF OTTO
OHLENDORF, 2 APRIL 1947* |
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| I, Otto Ohlendorf, swear,
depose, and state — 1. I was Chief of Einsatzgruppe D from the time of its formation in June 1941 until June 1942. The areas detailed to me for the purpose of special tasks included parts of Bessarabia and also the region to the south, and including the following cities: Chernovitsy, Mogilev-Podolski, Yampol, Ananev, Berezovka, Nikolaev, Melitopol, Mariupol, Rostov on the Don, and also the peninsula of the Crimea. Some of the places within the area detailed to me were Odessa, Kherson, Simferopol, and also the racial German regions in the Landau and Speyer area. I can no longer remember other names which outline more sharply the area detailed to me. 2. The staff of Einsatzgruppe D consisted of only a few persons. The former Standartenfuehrer Willy Seibert was my Chief III [Leiter III]. Since he was the senior officer from point of service after me, he was entrusted by me with the duties of a deputy |
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* Defendant Ohlendorf testified in Court with respect to his affidavit on 9 October 1947 (Tr. p. 573).
