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it is the whole truth to the best of my knowledge and belief. 1 had the
opportunity to make changes and corrections in the above statement. I made this
statement of my own free will without any promise of reward, and I was not
subjected to any threat or duress whatsoever. Nuernberg, Germany, the 24 February 1947. |
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| [Signed] HEINZ HERMANN SCHUBERT | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-4314 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 29 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF ERNST
BIBERSTEIN,* 2 JULY 1947 |
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I, Ernst Emil Heinrich Biberstein, swear, state, and declare — 1. I was born on 15 February 1899 in Hilchenbach in the district of Siegen-Westphalia. Originally my surname was Szymanowski. I attended the elementary school in Muehlheim on the Ruhr and in Neumuenster-Holstein, and afterwards a classical high school where I passed my final examination in 1917. From 1917 until March 1919 I served with the army as a private in the infantry. From March 1919 to 1921 I studied protestant theology. I passed my first theological examination in April 1921 and then went for 6 months to a preachers' seminary; after that I was a curate for 12 months. My first post as a pastor I got on 28 December 1924 in Kating Schleswig-Holstein, which I held until November 1927. From then on until November 1933 I was a pastor in Kaltenkirchen Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Begeberg. From November 1933 until August 1935, I was "Kirchenprobst" or "Superintendent" [presiding minister of the Provincial Protestant Church] in Bad Segeberg, Holstein. In August 1935 1 was called to the Reich Ministry of Church Affairs in Berlin as a theological expert where I functioned until I was drafted in the army on 10 March 1940. In the army I took part in the Holland and France campaigns as a corporal. On 22 October 1940 1 was draft deferred by the Reich Plenipotentiary of Internal Administration and was assigned to the Chief of the Security Police and of the SD. Taking effect 1 June 1941 and up to June 1942, I was head of the state police station of Oppeln. In June 1942 I was sent to Russia as leader of the Einsatzkommando 6 under Einsatzgruppe C in Kiev. However, my departure for Russia was delayed until September 1942. Between June 1943 and early 1944 1 was unattached. From |
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* Biberstein testified in Court on 20, 21 November 1947 (Tr. pp. 2687-2866). 24, 25 November 1947 (Tr. pp. 2988-3004).
