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| [administra…] tion. He alone decided, for example, about the enforcement of completely unimportant ordinances which were in effect in the Reich, and the chief of the civil administration would issue these regulations especially in his areas because they were not valid in these areas on the basis of any law. |
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| EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENSE WITNESS KUBITZ* |
| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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| DR. DOETZER (Counsel for defendant
Brueckner) : Witness, do you remember a discussion of advisers handling the
matter of resettlement from Luxembourg? WITNESS KUBITZ : I didn't think it was a discussion of advisers. I just happened to be there when Behrends was talking to his advisers and I remember hearing something about resettlement in Luxembourg. Q. What was it about? A. Gauleiter Simon, chief of the civil administration in Luxembourg, had expressed the desire to resettle certain parts of the population. Q. What was Behrends' reaction? A. Behrends didn't like the idea. He was against it. Q. Did he commission Brueckner to negotiate to this effect with Gauleiter Simon? A. Yes. I remember that after a lengthy discussion about how the deportation could be prevented, he commissioned Brueckner to go to see Gauleiter Simon, to talk him out of the plan, and if that didn't work to delay the affair as long as possible so that it should fizzle out. Q. Do you know the result of this discussion with Brueckner in Luxembourg? A. The result was that the planned deportation did not take place, and as far as I know, Brueckner suggested, on Behrends' instructions, that an ethnic card index be introduced in order to delay the affair. Q. Do you know whether Brueckner was in any way concerned in starting this ethnic card index in Luxembourg? A. No. Brueckner didn't set up that card index. Q. Who prepared the card index? A. The card index was prepared by the Simon people, together |
* Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 22 and 23 December 1947, pp. 2989-3020.
