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Volume V · Page 809
| D. Selections From the
Testimony of Defense Witnesses and From Defense Affidavits Concerning Secrecy |
| Defense Documents | |||
| Doc. No. | Def. Ex. No. | Description of Document | Page |
| Sommer E/33 | Sommer Ex. 31 | Affidavit of Paul Barnickel, Reich Public Prosecutor, quoting Hitler's "Secrecy Order" of 25 September 1941 | 809 |
| Georg Loerner 27 | Georg Loerner Ex. 24 |
Extract from testimony of Dieter Wisliceny before a Commissioner appointed by the IMT, 5 June 1946, on secrecy concerning "Final Solution of the Jewish Problem". | 810 |
| Testimony | |||
| Extracts from testimony of defense witness Bickel | 812 | ||
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT SOMMER E/33 SOMMER DEFENSE EXHIBIT 31 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF PAUL BARNICKEL, REICH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,* QUOTING HITLER'S "SECRECY ORDER" OF 25 SEPTEMBER 1941 | |
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| AFFIDAVIT | |
| I, Dr. Paul Barnickel, at
present interned by the Americans in Nuernberg, have first of all been reminded
that I make myself liable to punishment, if I make a false affidavit. I declare
in lieu of oath that my deposition is the truth and was made in order to be
submitted as evidence to the Military Tribunal No. II at the Courthouse in
Nuernberg, Germany. I. My last official position was that of Reich Public Prosecutor at the Reich Supreme Court of Justice in Leipzig. Hitler's well known decree in which he orders that matters be kept secret [Geheimaltungspflicht] by officials was posted on the wall of my office, as well as in all German Government offices. When I was in my office for the last time in the fall of 1945 I took the order with me because of its historical interest. Late that fall I left the Russian zone in order to return to my home, to Bavaria. Since I took the possibility into account that the decree might be taken from me when crossing the border, I did not take it with me, |
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* Defendant in case of United States vs. Josef Altstoetter, et al., vol. III.
