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Volume VI · Page 380
| Q. Did you know him at all?
A. I got to know him in the Circle of Friends, and I know that he was a former — I think senior paymaster in the navy. Q. Did you know that he was the head of the WVHA [Economic Administrative Main Office] of the SS? A. As far as I know, I only knew that for certain in the course of 1943. Q. What brought it to your attention in 1943? A. My house was destroyed in an air raid, and I tried to get what was to be had in the way of replacements. Although for a year or so it had been possible to get a purchase permit, one couldn't buy anything on them, nor did I get a foreign currency permit so as to be able to buy things in France, not even for a thousand marks. And occasionally I talked to Pohl about it, and Pohl said we can give you, I think it was six pairs of socks and three shirts, and a few other things. We can give you these things from the stocks of the Waffen SS. And in this way I got from the stocks of the Waffen SS, the clothing stores — as we called it — near Karlsbad, underwear, stockings, and a leather coat. Q. Did you know that Pohl's office in the SS was the supreme authority on allocation of concentration camp labor? A. No, I did not know that. Now I do. Q. Did you know that concentration camp labor was being used in industry? A. It is possible that I heard it but I don't know, because in 1943 and 1944 1 saw very few German plants. Q. Do you know that Vereinigte Stahlwerke had a number of concentration camp workers? A. I can't say. I consider it possible, but I can't say. |
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| Q. Did you know that almost all
of the Jews in Holland were deported to Germany, and a great many of them wound
up at Auschwitz? A. No, I did not know that. Please take into consideration that when I had business in Holland my business was with the mines, and these mines are situated in the extreme southern corner of Holland, as you have seen on the map, near Aachen and Hasselt. That is completely separated from the rest of Holland. And in The Hague, where the Civilian Commissioner had his office, I was, at the most, twice a year because an assistant was responsible for the coal distribution there, and this was done very efficiently. I only went there occasionally, if there were considerable differences of opinion with the Reich |
