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Volume IV · Page 1174
| Q. Were you told about any secret aims for
which the SS was working? Did you have to make any secret promises? A. No, I did not. I was in Berlin as adjutant. The Reich Leadership SS at that time was stationed in Munich and that meant that I did not come into close contact with the main leadership of the SS, nor did I have an opportunity to become acquainted with whatever ideological or political aims they might have had. |
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| DR. HAENSEL: I am now coming to the last
count of the indictment; that is, count three. Here the prosecution charges you
with having been a member of the SS that is to say, a member of a criminal
organization. You have already told us in the course of your examination just
what brought you to join the SS, but you were repeatedly promoted and rose to
the rank of SS Lieutenant General. On what exactly, were your promotions based?
DEFENDANT GREIFELT: From the year 1937 these promotions were connected with my assignment and my official position. Since I had to negotiate with the Italian Government and other foreign governments and also with authorities within Germany proper, these promotions were to give me a certain amount of support. I believe that this is generally customary where diplomats and public servants are concerned. Q. Did you ever serve in the SS during the war, or were you ever in charge of any SS unit? A. No. I was in charge of a part of a government agency, and for that reason I mostly wore civilian clothing. Q. And you also received the rank of a general in the police. Just on what was this promotion based? A. This also was purely honorary. No person was more surprised about this fact than I was. Q. Did you ever carry out any police functions? A. Never. Q. Did you ever have anything to do with the criminal aims with which the SS is charged or did you know anything about them ? A. No. Q. You have already told us that you were not acquainted with the speech at Poznan. Do you know the speech which Himmler made at Bad Schachen or Metz? I am referring to Document 1918-PS, Exhibit 92, on page 127 of the German text. A. The two speeches mentioned only came to my knowledge here in Nuernberg in the course of the past year. Q. Was your capacity as a general in the police decisive for your authority? A. No. As far as my identity papers were concerned, I travelled |
