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Volume VI · Page 575
| C. Testimony of Prosecution Witness Gritzbach | |
| EXTRACTS FROM THE
TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTION WITNESS ERICH GRITZBACH* |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION | |
| MR. LYON: Witness, will you
please tell us your full name? WITNESS GRITZBACH: Erich Gritzbach. Q. And what is your age? A. Ministerial Director. Q. I am afraid you misunderstood my question. How old are you? A. Fifty years. Q. Now, Witness, will you tell us where you presently reside? A. In Bad Pyrmont. Q. In what zone is that? Is that the American or British Zone? A. That is the British Zone. Q. What is your present occupation? A. I have no occupation at the moment. Q. I would now like you to tell us something of your education, if you will. A. I attended the secondary school, then matriculated, and then studied economics in Berlin, Breslau, and in Tuebingen. I took my doctor examinations in Tuebingen. In 1924, I entered the government service in the press department of the Foreign Office as an auxiliary official. In 1930, I became Regierungsrat; in 1932, I became Ministerialrat; in 1936, I became Ministerialdirigent; and in 1938, Ministerialdirektor. Q. Witness, will you now please tell us something more of the details of your positions after 1933? Before doing that, what position did you hold immediately before 1933? A. Until 1932, I was in the service of the Reich and then I was transferred to the Prussian State Service in spring, and I was appointed Chief of the Ministerial Office of the Reich Commissioner of the Prussian State Minister Bracht. On 30 January 1933 Bracht left and Papen took his place as Reich Commissioner for Prussia — that is in practice, as Minister President — and I retained my position on Papen's request until Goering became Minister President. When Goering became Prussian Minister President on 11 April and at the end of April he returned from a journey to Italy and had all the officials of this Ministry |
* Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 3 and 4 June 1947, pages 2470-2579.
