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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-4234 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 163 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF KARL RUDOLF WERNER BRAUNE,* B JULY 1947, CONCERNING EXECUTION OF JEWS IN RUSSIA | |
| I, Karl Rudolf Werner Braune,
make the following statements and confirm them with my word of honor.
1. I was born on 11 April 1909 in Mehrstaedt. There I went to school from 1915 to 1920, and in Sonderhausen from 1920 to 1928, and there passed the baccalaureate examination [Abiturium] in the year 1928. Until 1933 I studied law in Bonn, during the summer semester 1930 in Munich, and from the winter 1930 until 1932 in Jena. In July 1932 in Jena I passed the examination in law school. There I passed, in January 1933, the examination for the doctor's degree. I completed my further law training in Sonderhausen, Meiningen, Sonneberg, and finally in Berlin, where I passed, in May 1936, the final ("Assessor") examination. Since I had to earn part of the expenses of my training, I had worked since November 1934 also with the security service. In accordance with promises given to me I became an official in the Ministry of the Interior and kept on working for the SD, whereas officially I was listed at the state police. In June 1938 I became Regierungsassessor, and in September 1938 I started to work as deputy of the chief at the state police Muenster and at the same time as section leader [Abschnittsfuehrer] in the security service, section Muenster. At that time I worked primarily on matters of the security service and, therefore, the state police made a complaint against me, since I neglected my duties at the state police intentionally. In April 1939 I was transferred as deputy of the chief of the state police to Koblenz and stayed there for about one year. In April 1940 I became chief of the office of the state police in Wesermuende. Also in this position I remained for about one year. In April or May 1941 I became chief of the state police in Halle on the Saale [Saale River] until I was transferred to the Einsatzgruppe D in October 1941. I went to Odessa and became then chief of the Kommando 11b. In November I led this Kommando into the Crimean Peninsula. In August or September I was detached from this Kommando, and in October 1942 I returned to my post in the homeland, to the state police in Halle. In January 1943 I was appointed to an honorary office in the Reich student leadership [Reichsstudentenfuehrung]. I became chief of the German academic exchange service [Deutscher Akademischer Austausch- [...dienst] |
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* Defendant Braune testified on 26, 26 November 1947 and 1, 2 December 1947 (Tr. pp. 3004-3223).
