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| In reaching the above findings
the Tribunal disregarded entirely the testimony of the witness
Krysiak. The Tribunal finds Mummenthey guilty under counts two and three of the indictment. |
| COUNT FOUR |
| Because of his undisputed membership in the SS, with all the concomitant features outlined in the opinion of the IMT, the Tribunal also finds Mummenthey guilty under count four. |
| HANS BOBERMIN |
| Hans Bobermin joined the NSDAP in May 1933
and the General SS in the latter part of that year. In January 1940 he was
"called" to the Waffen SS and placed in charge of the Main Department III A 4,
in the Main Office Budget and Buildings. His rank at that time was SS
Hauptsturmfuehrer. Bobermin, in addition to the duties of his office, served as
deputy to Dr. Salpeter, chief of division III A. From 1 October 1940 the Main
Department III A 4 was separated from office III A, and in the autumn of 1941
Bobermin's office was designated Amt W 2. In March 1942, when the WVHA came
into existence, Bobermin's office became known as W II. Bobermin's first and main task in the Waffen SS was to take over, control, and operate some 400 brick works in Poland, confiscated by the Reich with the overrunning, defeat, and conquest of Poland. It was the contention of the defendant that since these properties were located in that territory allotted to Germany in the treaty signed between Germany and Russia, no illegality was involved in the confiscation, at least so far as he was concerned. If this had been out and out conquest by Germany of all properties, regardless of private ownership, it would still be clear that Bobermin would not be free of guilt. But here an attempt was made to distinguish between owners. Racial Germans were exempt from the seizure, whereas Poles and Jews lost their property absolutely. They lost it not because they had committed any crime or had received any compensation for it, but simply because they were Jews and Poles. In a letter drafted for Pohl's signature, Bobermin states on 3 July 1941, the following: |
"As a result of the confiscation order of the Main Trustee ship Office East, dated 29 November 1939, 313 brickworks with an estimated annual output of 600 million bricks were seized at the beginning of 1940. As a result of the property disputes between the communities and the Main Trusteeship Office East, |
