. NMT06-T0337
Volume VI · Page 337
| 3. AFFIDAVIT OF NACHTSHEIM | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT STEINBRINCK 337 STEINBRINCK DEFENSE EXHIBIT 87 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF JOSEF NACHTSHEIM,¹ 23 JUNE 1947, CONCERNING DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK'S CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SS | |
| I, Josef Nachtsheim, residing in
Muelheim-Ruhr, have been warned that I render myself liable to punishment by
making a false affidavit. I declare in lieu of oath, that my statement is true
and is made to be submitted as evidence to Allied or German authorities or
courts. I thus make the following deposition regarding Mr. Steinbrinck's participation in donations to the SS: I am Prokurist and head bookkeeper of the Gewerkschaft Preussen² in Muelheim-Ruhr and have ascertained the following from the books and ledgers: From 1941 to 1944 the Gewerkschaft Preussen made the following transfers from its welfare fund: |
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| a. To the banking firm of J. H. Stein, Cologne, to the credit of Special Account "S" | RM 140,000 |
| b. To Gruppenfuehrer Wolff, i.e., Administration, Personal Staff of the Reich Leader SS | RM 36,000 |
| The payments were openly
specified in the books. The following relevant papers are available: 1. Letter from Baron van Schroeder, dated 29 January 1941, to Mr. Steinbrinck, approving Mr. Steinbrinck's suggestion as per letter of 27 January 1941, for the payment of RM 1,500.00 per month to Gruppenfuehrer Wolff. Furthermore Baron van Schroeder asks for the transfer of RM 30,000.00 to Special Account "S" at the I. H. Stein Bank, Cologne. 2. Mr. Steinbrinck's order dated 10 February 1941 for the transfer of the above-mentioned RM 30,000. 3. Letter from Gewerkschaft Preussen to Baron van Schroeder, dated 14 February 1941; according to which Mr. Steinbrinck had requested the transfer of RM 100,000 instead of RM 30,000 to the Special Account "S", and had promised that Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG would refund the difference of RM 70,000 (refund was made on 20 February 1941). |
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¹ The affiant was not called an a witness by either the prosecution or the defense.
² "Gewerkschaft Preussen" was a special organization created to administer the confiscated industrial property of Fritz Thyssen. Defendant Steinbrinck was managing director of this organization.
