. NMT04-T0936
Volume IV · Page 936
| with a Referent who was from the office of
Behrends. His name was Posthaus. Q. Was Posthaus subordinate to the defendant Brueckner? A. No. As I have already said, Posthaus was a Referent from Behrends’ office. He was subordinated to Behrends and not to Brueckner. Q. Did you ever find out that Gauleiter Simon had carried out deportations of people from Luxembourg? A. Yes. I have heard that Gauleiter Simon carried out deportations for security police reasons. Q. Did Herr Brueckner have anything to do with that? A. No. Q. Do you remember whether there were discussions going on in VoMi in which deportations from Alsace and Lorraine were discussed? A. Yes. Q. What did Brueckner say about these deportations? A. He disliked the idea. Q. Do you remember, Witness, whether there was ever a talk concerning deportations from France? A. When I returned from the army in 1941, I was told that ethnic Germans, because the situation was favorable to them, had reported to the German military commander. The military commander did not know what to do with these people, and had the idea of resettling them. He suggested this plan to Himmler, and Himmler ordered VoMi to carry out this plan. Behrends did not like this plan, and ordered Brueckner to get in touch with the foreign office in order to get the help of this office in turning down this plan. In fact, with the help of the foreign office, through discussion with Brueckner, this plan was not carried out. Q. Do you know whether VoMi established an office in France? A. I don't know whether VoMi established an office in France. I only heard once that an office should be established there. I believe it was the office of the military commander, to which later on some people of VoMi were attached. I don't know the details. |
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| 7. GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE
FORCED EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM |
| a. Introduction |
| Argument of the prosecution on the general aspects of the forced evacuation and resettlement program appears in the prosecution's opening statement on pp. 622 to 694. |
