AFFIDAVIT
Captain SAM HARRIS being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. In August 1945, I was detailed by the Office of United States Chief of Counsel to Frankfurt, Germany, to examine evidence of possible use against the major German war criminals.
2. My investigation disclosed that many boxes, suitcases, and trunks containing articles such as bracelets, eye-glass frames, rings, and gold teeth were in the vaults of the Reichsbank at Frankfurt. An examination of these articles suggested that they had been taken from German concentration camp victims. Accordingly, I arranged for a movie and still photographs to be taken thereof by Lt. Braggins and Mr. Goldstein of the Photographic Unit of the United States Office of Strategic Services, then located at Wiesbaden, Germany.
3. I have seen the movie marked USA Exhibit No. 845 and certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is the movie which was taken at my request and that it truthfully and
. correctly exhibits the articles which I examined in the vaults of the Reichsbank at Frankfurt, Germany in August 1945.
[signed] SAM HARRIS
Capt. JAGD
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 9th day of May 1946. [signed] J. HARTLEY MURRAY Major, JAGD
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Affidavit accompanying a movie (exhibit 845) on valuables stored at the Reichsbank that had apparently been sent from the concentration camps, including jewelry, glasses, rings, and gold teeth
Authors
Sam Harris (capt.; US war crimes staff (1945))
Sam Harris
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 09 May 1946
Literal Title: Affidavit
Defendant: Walther Funk
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3956
Citation: IMT (page 9119)
HLSL Item No.: 452857
Notes:See also document PS 3976 on the photographing of the valuables.
Trial Issues
Plundering of private property and occupied territories (inc. Reinhardt Ac… Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)…
Document Summary
PS-3956: Affidavit from Captain Sam Harris re: authenticity of the move marked USA Exhibit 845, showing property of concentration camp victims in the vaults of the Reichsbank
PS-3956: Affidavit of Captain Sam Harris, Jagd, 9 May 1946, regarding his examination of certain articles in the' vaults of the Reichsbank at Frankfurt which. had apparently been taken from concentration camp victims, and certifying the authenticity of the movie exhibited as Usa-845