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| I have made the foregoing
deposition consisting of three (3) pages in the German language and declare
that it is the full truth to the best of my knowledge and belief. I have had
the opportunity to make alterations and corrections in the above statement, and
I made this declaration voluntarily without any promise of reward and I was not
subjected to any duress or threat whatever. Nuernberg, 2 July 1947 |
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| [Signed] ERNST BIBERSTEIN | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-3824 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 31 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF PAUL
BLOBEL,* 6 JUNE 1947, CONCERNING EXTERMINATION IN RUSSIA |
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| I, Paul Blobel, declare, swear,
and depose — I was born in Potsdam on 13 August 1894. I attended the grammar school and vocational school in Remscheid until 1912. Thereafter, I served as an apprentice with a mason and carpenter and during the years 1912 and 1913 I attended the school of architecture in Wuppertal. Until the outbreak of the First World War, I worked as a carpenter. From 1914 to 1918, 1 served as an engineer at the front and was discharged in 1918 with the rank of a Vizefeldwebel [staff sergeant]. Until 1919 I was unemployed and lived in Remscheid. During the years 1919-1920, I attended again the school of architecture in Barmen. From 1921 to 1924, I worked for different firms and in 1924 I established myself as an independent architect in Solingen. During the bad times in Germany, during the years 1928-1929 I did not get any orders, and from 1930 to 1933 I was on unemployment relief in Solingen. After that time I was employed for office work with the city administration and stayed there until spring 1935. In June 1935 I came to the SD main sector Duesseldorf, where I remained until May 1941. Finally, I was section leader for Duesseldorf. I was then assigned to the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin. 2. I became a member of the NSDAP on 1 December 1931. My membership number is 844,662. Since January 1932 1 have been a member of the SS, my membership number being 29,100. I was further a member of the Reich Colonial League [Reichskolonialbund], Air Protection League [Luftschutzbund], National Socialist Welfare Association [NSV], and for a time I was a member of the Reich Association for creative arts [Reichsbund der bilden- [...den] |
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* Defendant Blobel testified on 28, 29 and 30 October 1947 (Tr. pp. 1495-1753).
