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Office and partly by Amt IV. The chief of the Main Office had reserved for himself the right for all transfers of properties. The chief of the Main Office granted about 1942 to the Central Land Office the general authorization to dispose to a limited extent over individual furniture and household items.

During the time when Professor Meyer was the Chief of the Central Land Office and also in his capacity as Chief of the Amtsgruppe, he always was interested in its sphere of activity and represented its interests. I remember for instance that among other things, he protested in official conferences against arbitrary requisitions of real estate especially by the district offices. 
 
[Signed DR. HEINZ FIEDLER 
 
Frankfurt-Main, 22 October 1947 
   
   
    
D. Kidnaping of Children of Foreign Nationality 
 
  I. INTRODUCTION  
 
The defendants Greifelt, Creutz, Meyer-Hetling, Schwarzenberger, Huebner, Hildebrandt, Hofmann, Sollmann, Ebner, Tesch, Viermetz, Lorenz, and Brueckner were charged with special responsibility for and participation in criminal conduct involving kidnaping of children of foreign nationality (indictment, count one, par. 11; count two, pars. 24 and 25). On this charge the defendants Greifelt, Creutz, Lorenz, Brueckner, Hofmann, Hildebrandt, and Schwalm were convicted, and the defendants Meyer-Hetling, Schwarzenberger, Huebner, Sollmann, Ebner, Tesch, and Viermetz were acquitted.

The selection of arguments and evidence concerning the kidnaping of children has been divided into five parts: The program, pages 990 to 993 ; Polish 'children, pages 993 to 1028 ; Czech children, pages 1028 to 1052 ; Yugoslav children, pages 1053 to 1073; and general arguments of the prosecution and defense, pages 1073 to 1076.

Argument of the prosecution concerning the general program for the kidnaping of children of foreign nationality and the principles applied by German authorities during the war is contained in the opening statement, pages 621 to 693.

 
 
 
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