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| Q. I didn't ask you if you were a member. I
asked you if you denied that you took credit for it in your curriculum vitae?
Do you now deny that that is in the document in your own handwriting?
A. I cannot say it. I cannot speak about that at all. Q. All right. Suppose you tell us what this Party organization was, why you joined it, and why it was that you couldn't remember about it when you were asked by your defense counsel? A. But I did not join the Party then. I would have had a membership card if I had done that. Q. You don't deny that you joined this Bund which was a predecessor of the Party, do you? A. At that time it was "Bund Bayern and Reich" and the "Deutschvoelkische Block" under Buschmann. Q. And it later became the Nazi Party, didn't it? A. Yes. Q. All right, let's go on to another point. Perhaps the existence of this curriculum vitae will help your memory some. You told us that you never belonged to the Allgemeine SS. Is your memory any better in that respect now? A. I was not a member of the General SS, the Allgemeine SS. Q. Do you deny that you say in your curriculum vitae that you joined the Allgemeine SS on 1 October 1936? Do you remember that in your curriculum vitae? A. Mr. Prosecutor, I joined the SS to take over a position provided for by the budget. My promotion on 1 October 1936, was not in accordance with the position provided in the budget. I never applied to join the Allgemeine SS. Q. Well, that's not what you say in your affidavit. You say in your affidavit: "On 1 April 1938 I was transferred to the SS." You don't say anything about '36 in your affidavit. A. Mr. Prosecutor, it was only 1 April 1938 that I joined. Until then I was an official and on 1 April 1938 I came to this position provided by the budget, and from 1936 I was on leave. Q. Well, let's just start from the beginning. When did you join the Waffen SS? A. To this position provided by the budget I came in 1938. To the WVHA, the administration office, I came in 1936. I think I seem to remember that was in October 1936. Q. Well, you joined the SS in 1936, didn't you, and you were given SS number 277081 in May 1936 ? Do you remember that? A. Yes. It was 277081. Q. It was May 1936 ? A. I don't remember the date. |
