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| collected in the very area in
which Bobermin's plants were operating. In view of his use of inmates from
Auschwitz in the Golleschau plant, his high position in the SS, his close
association with Pohl, his presence in Poznan when Himmler delivered his famous
speech (although Bobermin denies having heard it), it is incredible that he
would not know at the time the meaning of the Action Reinhardt. In April 1944, Bobermin was transferred to Hungary as SS Wirtschafter, or economic administrator, bound to Pohl. In this capacity he supplied the SS and Police units with money, clothes, and incidentals. Here he learned of the transportation of Jews out of Hungary, but he states that he did not know they were being consigned to concentration camps or extermination center. In any event, he affirms that he had no power to prevent the forced movement, even had he been aware of the destination of the Jews. The Tribunal accepts this explanation in the absence of any proof in the record to the contrary. The Tribunal finds Bobermin guilty under counts two and three of the indictment. |
| COUNT FOUR |
| The Tribunal also finds Bobermin guilty under count four. |
| HORST KLEIN |
| Horst Klein studied law at the University of
Lausanne, Freidburg, and Bonn, and in February 1933 finished his studies and
passed his final examination as probationer. He worked in various; courts
looking toward a judicial career, but abandoned this intention when, as he
stated, he observed that under Nazi rule the judges were denied complete
independence of judgment and decision. In 1937 he became an assessor and then
obtained employment in the bookkeeping branch of the Duerkopp-Werke. In
February 1938 he took up employment with the "Society Sponsoring and
Maintaining German Cultural Monuments, Registered Corporation." He joined the NSDAP in May 1933 but held no honorary or functional office therein. In the same year he joined the Allgemeine SS. He never became a member of the Waffen SS. In February 1945 he was about to be inducted into this organization but the induction never materialized. In 1939, the Society Sponsoring and Maintaining German Cultural Monuments was incorporated into the administration of the SS under the name of HS-1 (Main Department for Special Tasks). In 1940 Klein became chief of this department. In 1942 |
