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| I was also present at the
conference. Himmler made a speech which lasted 2 hours, and in which he
considered victory as a fact and threatened defeatists and saboteurs. After the
speech Dr. Flick asked me — "Are we here in an insane asylum or in the
headquarters of the Reich Leader? I am not quite certain after this speech. Or
are they going to liquidate us industrialists?" When I went again to Himmler
the next morning to treat him, he said to me in a biting tone — "This Dr.
Flick has again been fortunate. If he would not have come, which I expected, I
would have ordered his arrest and turned him over to Kranefuss, Mueller, and
Kaltenbrunner for punishment." During my help and rescue activities, which I undertook by order of the Swedish Government and the Jewish World Congress, New York, in the war years 1943-45, whereby I succeeded in saving thousands of people from the Nazi concentration camps and in bringing them to Sweden, I also intended to bring Dr. Flick to Sweden. This, however, did not work out because Himmler opposed this plan. Himmler then said to me — it was in December 1944 — if National Socialist Germany would perish, he would see to it that Dr. Flick would die with it. Flick should not witness the victory of his Allied friends. At that time Himmler also said to me that Dr. Flick should also be arrested after 20 July 1944. The order was telephoned through by Kaltenbrunner, but the name was written wrong, and for this reason the organization in charge could not find Dr. Flick. I declare on oath that my statement is true and was made to be presented as evidence to the Military Tribunal in the Palace of Justice in Nuernberg, Germany.* Stockholm, 19 April 1947 |
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| [Signed] FELIX
KERSTEN Medical Councillor, Chiropractor |
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| I, the undersigned C. Ludv. Hasselgren, Notary Public at Stockholm, hereby certify, that Medizinalrat Felix Kersten, who has proved his identity, has personally signed this document. Stockholm, 22 April 1947 | |
| Ex officio: [Signed] C. LUDV. HASSELGREN Notarius Publicus |
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| [Notary's Seal] |
* Karl Wolff, chief of the Personal Staff of Himmler Until February 1943, called as a prosecution rebuttal witness to the statements made by Kersten in this Affidavit. Wolff testified, among other things, that he was also treated by Kersten and made the arrangements whereby Kersten treated Himmler; that Kersten never mentioned to him any derogatory statements which Himmler had made concerning Flick; and that "Himmler's opinion was always to the effect that Dr. Flick was a model, decent industrialist of the best kind, and that he had been chosen out of many, as a sign of distinction, to belong to the Circle of Friends" (Tr. p. 10029). Wolff's complete testimony is recorded in the mimeographed transcript, 4 November 1947. pages 10023-10033
