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| oath that I have, in this statement told the pure truth to the best
of my knowledge and belief. |
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| [Signed] MAX IHN |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NIK-12613
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 865
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| AFFIDAVIT OF DEFENDANT VON BUELOW, 6 AUGUST 1947, CONCERNING HIS
RELATION WITH DEFENDANT KUPKE AND THE ACTIVITIES OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENTS
IN THE KRUPP CONCERN |
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I, Friedrich von Buelow, at present in Nuernberg, after having been
told that I am liable to punishment for giving false testimony, hereby declare
on oath, voluntarily and without coercion, the following:
Mr. Kupke in
his capacity as “Chief of the Main Camp Administration” was only
subordinated to Mr. Ihn. At the same time, however, Mr. Kupke was a
counterintelligence agent and as such he had to obey orders coming from me as
chief counter-intelligence agent. These orders referred to everything
pertaining to counterintelligence and security as far as foreigners were
concerned. In creating the Main Camp Administration the Gestapo attached much
importance to my being included therein. However, in the course of time, they
also came to deal directly with Mr. Kupke and in particular took part in camp
leader conferences at which I was not present. Reports of these meetings were
to be submitted to me subsequently, sometimes also a deputy commander of the
plant police took part in these meetings in order to represent the interests of
the same [plant police]. Mr. Kupke and I worked together in conditions of
complete mutual trust and I must say that I always trusted Mr. Kupke
implicitly.
I became military chief counterintelligence agent in
September 1939. In June 1943, without my or the firm’s having anything to
do with it, the Gestapo appointed me also political police chief
counterintelligence agent and I was given written documentation of this
appointment. Mr. Strattmann who was my deputy as military counterintelligence
agent, was, however, not appointed Political police chief counterintelligence
agent at the same time. As far as I remember, the question of the official
appointment of such a deputy remained open until the end.
It may be
that later on some other military counterintelligence agents were appointed
political police counterintelligence agents, but I don’t remember the
details. From a practical point of view it would not have meant much anyway.
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