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NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNAL
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defendant's own testimony (Tr. pp. 3405, 3505). The defendant was not certain from his own testimony whether he was transferred from this office in the fall of 1939 or in the spring of 1990 but from the affidavit of Hans Peter Eichele, Document NO-2756, Pros. Ex. 541, Document Book 21, page 19, the following appears:

'In the summer of 1940 the Building Management Dachau erected a crematory, the order having been issued by the Main Office for Budget and Buildings (Standartenfuehrer Eirenschmalz), the leading official for building matters at the Administration Office SS.' "

The correct date is further confirmed by Documents NO-4400, Pros. Ex. 649 and NO-4401, Pros. Ex. 650, Document Book 27.

The Tribunal is mindful of the fact that it is a contention of the defendant that the witness Eichele revoked this affidavit in his presence but it is the opinion of the Tribunal notwithstanding the contention of the defendant that this affidavit is true.

The defendant, in his brief, complains of the following finding by the Tribunal:

"His chief, the defendant Pohl, recognized his success in the fields of tasks assigned to him in the WVHA and, when recommending his promotion, gave a glowing account of his achievements and his devotion to duty."

It is true that the recommendation for promotion made by his codefendant Pohl was dated in the year 1937 and that the WVHA was organized 1 February 1942 but it must be remembered that his codefendant, Pohl, was his chief for a long period of time both before and after the creation of the WVHA. Therefore his codefendant, Pohl, had a much better knowledge of his qualifications than someone who had known him only after the WVHA came into existence.

The defendant, in his brief, complains of the following finding of the Tribunal:

"Sometime between February 1942 and September 1943 he was appointed deputy chief of office group C — thus Kammler's deputy."

This finding is substantiated by the affidavit of the defendant himself and the affidavit of his chief, Pohl. Pohl states in his affidavit that Eirenschmalz was deputy chief of Amtsgruppe C from January 1943 until May 1943 (NO-2616, Pros. Ex. 523.) and Eirenschmalz, in his affidavit of 29 March, states the following:

"Kammler's deputy, as chief of division C, was for 1942 SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Buschling, and from January 1943 until 1 May 1943, I myself was the officially-nominated deputy of Kammler * **," (NO-2613, Pros. Ex. 12, doc. book 1.)

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