AFFIDAVIT OF MAX PAULY,
born on 1.6.1907 at WESSELBUREN at present at ALTONA.
1. At the time at which I took up my appointment as Commandant of the Concentration camp NEUENGAMME in November 1942, all personnel were Waffen SS. Later, in summer 1944, single men and small units came from the Army and Airforce, who were taken over by the Waffen SS. They were issued with new paybooks and clothed by the Waffen SS.
In summer 1944 the camp also got SS auxiliaries and female warders [Aufseherinnen], who did not belong to the SS.
2. In cases where camp inmates worked for the Navy, the guards were provided by the Navy, if they worked on the removal of debris in the City of Hamburg, the guards were provided by the police. Likewise the Airforce provided guards for the outposts at Porta, Helmsted and Hanover which worked for the SS Sonderinspektion I.
3. The total strength of the SS in NEUENGAMME amounted to approximately 500-600 men in November 1942. In summer 1944 this figure had increased to approximately 2500 and at the time of
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the capitulation the number of SS troops employed in NEUEN-GAMME and its outposts [Aussenkommandos] may have been 2500-3000.
4. Replacements for NEUENGAMME came from all units of the Waffen SS, from 1944 onwards a great number were Volksdeutsche from Slovakia, the Banat, Danzig-West-Prussia, etc. Personnel were posted from all Trainings and Holding units of the Waffen SS; to name any specific unit is, therefore, impossible.
5. Due to the increasing demands of the field units of the Waffen SS an exchange of personnel took place, younger age groups were replaced by older ones. The replacement affected approximately 500-1000 men. During my term of duty from November 1942 to April 1945 approximately 4000 SS men have served at one time or another at NEUENGAMME and its outposts.
6. There was no difference in the employment of personnel, be it in the camp or as guard. A man could be transferred from the Camp staff to guard battalion at any time and vice versa, which occurred continuously.
[sgd.] Max Pauly.
Sworn before me this 15th day of March 1946 at the Mil. Gov. Prison at ALTONA.
[sgd.] A. R. Frisby, Major, RCASC, SO II, Fin/Int, HQ Mil. Gov., Hansestadt Hamburg.
Table of the number of Waffen SS staff and guards employed at five concentration camps
Date: Date Unknown
Literal Title: Waffen SS Employed in Concentration Camps
Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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: D-747
HLSL Item No.: 451749
Notes:The table draws on evidence documents D 745a-b, 746a-b, 747, 748 749b, 750, and 626; D 745-750 (US exhibits 811-818) are in the same document book, following this item. The table is marked as "US [exhibit] 819," but that is incorrect. It was not assigned an evidence code number; no author or date is stated.