Page 5. There are no Reich
offices which are permitted to exercise directly or indirectly any governmental
powers in this area. Only the Governor General as the direct representative of
the Fuehrer and no one else may issue any orders. |
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Meeting of 19
December 1940 of the Department Chiefs 00 at Krakow |
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Present were: Dr. Frank and
others.
Page 2. Dr. Frank: All of the rights of sovereignty of the
Reich will be exercised in this area in the name of the Fuehrer by the Governor
General and his administration. |
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5. DEPORTATION AND
FORCED GERMANIZATION OF SLOVENES |
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a.
Introduction |
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A short statement of the position
of the prosecution on this aspect of the case has been set forth in the
prosecution's opening statement on pp. 622 to 694. An extract from the
testimony of the prosecution witness Hans Ehlich on the deportation and forced
Germanization of Slovenes, and a selection of documentary evidence introduced
by the prosecution appear on pp. 891 to 902. Extracts from the evidence of the
defense are set forth on pp. 903 to 910. |
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b. Selections
from the Evidence of the Prosecution |
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EXTRACT FROM THE
TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTION WITNESS EHLICH* |
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DIRECT
EXAMINATION |
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MR. SCHWENK: * * * We are now
turning to another subject matter. Deportation of Slovenes. Are you familiar
with the deportation of citizens of Yugoslavia?
WITNESS EHLICH : Yes,
in general broad outline.
Q. What was the purpose of the deportations?
A. There were many deportations which were based on many and varying
reasons and they pursued a special particular pur- [
pose] |
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