He has authority to direct and supervise the Greek authorities and police forces within the sphere of these duties.
4. The primary duty of the Senior SS and Police Leader is the command of the SS and Police units (excluding Waffen SS units subordinated to Army Group E) in their combat against bands of sabotage, pursuant to the general directives of the Reich Fuehrer SS. For this purpose, definite combat areas under their own responsibility are to be assigned to the by the Military Commander.
The Military Commander regulates command authority and assignment of forces in the event of combat missions outside of regularly assigned combat areas.
5. In all affairs concerning police matters and service matters, Senior SS and Police Leader is the superior authority of the SS and Police Forces employed in Greece.
The military commander is authorized to employ units of the Ordnungs Police only if the fulfillment of the tasks set to the Senior SS and Police Leader by Reich Fuehrer SS permits it."
"6 The Military Commander is authorized to issue directives to the Senior SS and Police Leader which are necessary to avoid interference with Wehrmacht operations and duties. They take precedence over any other directives.
7 The Senior SS and Police Leader will receive policies and directives for the execution to these duties from the Reich Fuehrer SS and Chief of German Police. He will carry then out/ concurrently and opportunely, informing the Military Commander Greece in as far as he does not receive any restricting directives from the letter.
The Military Commander is to be informed in good time concerning reports submitted by the Senior SS and Police Leader to Reich Fuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police.
(signed) Keitel That was dated September 14, 1943, and at that time this letter pertains to the defendant Speidel was the Military Commander in Greece.
This, your Honor, concludes Document 1438.
The next document to be offered is NOKW-171. You will find this on page 108. It is being submitted as prosecution Exhibit 420. This is a letter from the Military Commander Southeast to the Military Commander Greece, the defendant Speidel, pertaining to the immediate recruitment of 2200 workers for the Air Corps. It says: "To Military Commander Greece, secret, priority, and it is 22 October, 1943."
"For the purposes of provisioning of the army, the air corps, and for the General of Transport Affairs, manpower is to be recruited and to the amount of 2200 workers in Greece. The recruiting is to be carried out with dispatch. With regard to working conditions (salary, provisions of workers with groceries, provisioning of families and other means) liaison is to be assumed with the Chief Administrator, with the military commander Southeast."
This is signed Military Commander Southeast Ia, No.1157/43.
If your Honors turn to the next document on page 109, it is being offered as Exhibit No. 421. I am referring to NOKW-163. Defense counsel will find this on page 79. This is a report from the Military Commander Southeast to the Army Group F and it is for information to the High Command of the German Army, to the High of the German Armed Forces, to the 2nd Panzer Army and to the German General Plenipotentiary in Croatia. It is a daily report of December 3, 1943. It states:
"Military Commander Greece: Nineteen Communist reprisal prisoners shot as revenge for the murder and wounding of Greek police, by the Senior SS and Police Fuehrer in Athens."
Can the translator find this or not? This should be on page 79 of the German document book. Do you have it now? I will repeat this document for the record, if your Honors permit.
December 3, 1943, to Army Group F through reporter. For information of High Command Germany Army, High Command German Armed Forces, 2nd Panzer Army, German General Plenipotentiary in Croatia, Daily report of 3 December 1943.
"Military Commander Greece Nineteen Communist reprisal prisoners show as revenge for the murder and wounding of Greek police, by the Senior SS and Police Fuehrer in Athens.
Certified (signature Illegible 1st Lieutenant Military Commander Southeast Ia Secret (signed) Muncket Colonel, General Staff Corps."
The next document, your Honor, is Document 692. You will find this on page 110 in your document book. Defense counsel page 80. It is being submitted as prosecution Exhibit No. 422. It is a situation report from the Military Commander in Greece to the Military Commander Southeast. Felber and pertains about the activities against Jews, labor recruitments, and other pertinent data.
Dated 19.11.43 and the report itself is dated March 18, 1944. At that time the defendant Speidel was still Military Commander Greece.
"1. Political Situation. As a consequence of a further worsening of the food and economic situation, an increase of the discontent of the population and consequently of Communist influence, particularly in the cities. The communists felt themselves strong enough at the beginning of March to evoke a strike movement on Piraeuw, Severe penal measures forced resumption of work but will not be able to stop renewed strikes which are to be expected, only economic betterment of the worker can be of real help.
Alliances of the Communist groups have make progress (acknowledgment of EAM of Communism) but also those of the anti-Communist front (swing to the National Socialist, EEE movement). While a large part of the population is against Communism, it keeps in the background because of fear of Communist punishment.
The tendency situation (The attitude of Bulgaria and Turkey). On the Peloponnesus the Communist influence is increasing despite all military measures.
II. Enemy situation:
a) Band activity and insurgent movement With the coming of the warmer weather band activity has increased.
Bandits released during the winter seen to return to their original units. Our own operations showed good successes. From the Peloponnesus: Report of the first" "appearance of Russian bandit officers.
The union of EAM and EDNS seems to have been accomplished due to Angle American pressure. Allegedly the following agreements were made:
1. Closest cooperation the fight against common enemy.
2. Direct assistance in case of an Allied landing in Greece.
3. Release of all prisoners of war and hostages held by the contracting parties.
The unified troops are to call themselves "National Greek Army" (Formation of a General Staff).
In the main territories of the bands, particularly on the Peloponnesus, formations of "Council Organizations" with their own administration and jurisdiction."
The Air situation: is not too important to read into the record. Then we come under D.
"d. Labor employment:
Tendency to strikes and partial strikes at the railroad and several plants at the beginning of March were suppressed by energetic military measures: 50 Communists were shot immediately, while other who were arrested are awaiting their sentence. Unconditional resumption of work followed short strikes. Since the beginning of the year 4 worker transports went to the Reich from Athens and Saloniki. The first 3 comprised 1628 persons (of which 183 were returning from leave) the fourth, 645 persons (of which 61 were returning from leave).""IX.
Propaganda Situation:" You will find this under Roman 1C on page 12 your Honors. And then the document continues:
Enemy Propagando There was another attempt to undermine the morale of the Wehrmacht by the use of leaflets with an illustrated description of the terror damages at home.
A new publication was the camouflaged "Deutschen Nachrichten" from Desdon. Active enemy propaganda which was directed against the occupying powers and against the Greek Government. News from the radio broadcasting station Cairo was sold to the population in form of leaflets. A newly coined slogan "5 minutes to 12". Communist propagando unchanged, appeals primarily to youth.
Own Propagando Up to now the challenge to desert, by radio and press, by posters and leaflets as well as by whispering propagando has resulted in only minor successes due to fear of reprisal measures on the part of the Communists.
The turning over of classes 06 and younger fit for frontline duty has been accomplished. Scruting by Special Staff without objections. The replacement situation will be improved by the withdrawals of classes 05 and older from the combat troops.
For the Military Commander Greece Chief of the General Staff (signed) illegible signature
THE PRESIDENT: May I interrupt? Before our non adjournment. I think I should call your attention to the fact that at my request the Deputy Secretary General has made inquiry as to the notification to the defense of the intention to use the witness referred to earlier in these proceedings, and I am informed that this notice is not in the defense center. It is not in the Secretary General's office and is not on the Secretary General's message center.
I think that ought to be called to somebody attention so that it may be checked.
MR. DENNEY: I have made a check, your Honor, I inquired and was told that it was sent up on the 4th. We will try to find what happened to it. In any event, we are getting another one ready to serve and certainly defense counsel know now that we plan to call him.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will be in recess until one-thirty this afternoon.
(A recess was taken until 1330 hours.)
AFTERNOON SESSION The hearing reconvened at 1330 hours.
THE MARSHALL: The persons in the court room will be seated.
The Tribunal is again in session.
THE PRESIDENT: Before we commence the presentation of evidence the Tribunal wishes to rule on some matters which have been heretofore presented and this Tribunal feels should receive its attention at this time. Earlier in these proceedings there was presented to the Tribunal an objection as to the placing of two of the defendants in one cell. A communication was addressed to proper officials in charge of the prison and also connected with the administration of the courts here and in the course of time the Tribunal has received an answer to this communication. I shall read only a portion of this communication and am doing so for the purposes of the record. It is signed by A.J. Regnier, Colonel, Infantry, Deputy Post Commander, who is named as one of the commissioners as I understand it, to make the investigation. His report is as follows:
Headquarters, Nurnberg Military Post APO 696, U.S. Army, August 4, 1947.
To: Secretary-General Office of Chief of Counsel War Crimes APO 696, U.S. Army, (Attention, Col.
Ray) "1. Report on complaints made by defendants, Case No. VII, and I. G. Farben, relative to the restrictions as follows:
"A. It is not the intention of the prison officer, Nurnberg Prison, to put more than one prisoner in a cell unless the prisoner expresses a desire to do so. It has, however, become necessary, as a temporary measure, during the renovation of the Prison, to out two (2) prisoners in the same cell. However, as soon as the painting project is completed prisoners will occupy a single cell insofar as is possible. There is no basis of fact for the report made by prisoners that they are being put together in cells in order to avoid suicide attempt."
There are other subsections of this letter but subsection A is the only one that applies to the complaint and motion which was presented in the early days of the submission of this case.
I might further state that members of the Tribunal have made a personal inspection of the jail and we find that it is kept in a clean manner and that the cells are clean and that the lighting, of which complaint is made, is quite satisfactory. We are also informed that there is no intention of putting more than one prisoner, that is now a part of this case here, and who is on trial here, with another prisoner, and for that reason the complaint, as to there being two defendants in one cell, is, as far as we are informed, without merit. This report having been made and from out own personal inspection we find no basis for the complaint which was originally presented to the Tribunal. However, if, on any later occasion any matters in connection with the administration of the prison which defendants or their counsel feel should be presented to the Tribunal, this Tribunal will be receptive to hearing any objections or complaints which counsel or defendants feel should be brought to the attention of the Tribunal. That is all as to that matter.
In connection with the motion which was presented this morning asking that the Tribunal call the witness Felben as a court witness, the motion will be over-ruled. As was intimated in comments made by the Presiding Judge this morning, this Tribunal feels that it sits here as an arbiter; that it does not represent either the Prosecution or the Defense, and that for us to call a witness, as our witness, would put us in a position of being somewhat in the nature of a prosecutor. That is not out position; that is not out status and we feel that for us to do so would not be in keeping with the interests of justice. The duty of presenting the prosecution and presenting of evidence which it may, will or will not sustain in its accusations of the prosecution is upon the prosecution and not upon the court. For that reason the motion to call this witness as a court's witness will be over-ruled. If the prosecution is of the opinion that his testimony is of material value to their case it is naturally to be expected they will be produced in court.
There has been some comment made, if the court were to call this witness as a court's witness, then under those circumstances the Prosecution might cross-examine, if he was not a co-operative witness. That is a matter for the prosecution to meet when that situation is presented and under certain rules and procedure there is a manner in which that can be handled. That disposes of the application as presented this morning. Anything further, Mr. Denney?
MR. DENNEY: If your Honors please, in view of your Honors' decision, we will produce the witness Felber and have him take the stand and with reference to the statement I made this morning about the notice to the defense counsel, I should like to apologize for any inference that may have been drawn therefrom with reference to the office of SecretaryGeneral, or the Defense Information Center. I have been informed that the notice had been sent on 4 August and I believed the source of my information, unfortunately, it was an error. However, the fault is mine and any burden to be born is mine and mine alone and not shared with anyone else in the prosecution staff.
THE PRESIDENT: I don't feel that there is any necessity for any apology Mr. Denney. We all make mistakes and there are errors and omissions in every one's office and under the circumstances we will consider it as one of those things that happen and let it go at that.
MR. DENNEY: Thank you, your Honor. In view of the fact that this new notice with reference to the witness Felber may be going awry as the result of our fault, I should like to advise the defense counsel now that we expect to produce him as a witness. It is now 1:44. No, Dr. Laternser, we are not going to sit tomorrow. It will probably be Monday or later.
MR. RAPP: If your Honor, please, prior to the recess we concluded page 112 in the English Document Book and I believe page 83 and 84 in the German Document Book. At that time we were concerned with document NOKW 692, which was submitted as Prosecution Exhibit No. 422. Your Honor, this is still the Situation Report of the Military Commander in Greece, the defendant Speidel, to the Military Commander Southeast, this man Felber, and we have already read part of this into the record, and I shall continue now:
"Situation Report for the period from 1. to 31.
12.43 General Situation:
The situation is basically unchanged. Further development will be strongly influenced by the economic and food situation. Since this situation continually worsens it decreases the popular standard of living which is low per se. The majority of the population wants quiet. The attitude is wavering and divided due to fear of band terror and of German retaliation. The advance of the Communist movement promotes unification of the anti-Communist elements, which, however, is still in its inception. Excesses of the members of the Wehrmacht against the population (crime against property as a consequence of insufficient pay in Drachma) disturb the generally correct relationship of the population to the occupying power. Varied estimates of the war situation and of the costume of the way also influence the morale and attitude of the Greek people."
Then we have again the Air Situation, in which we are not much interested here, and in paragraph Roman Numeral II, b, it talks about Enemy Propaganda:
"Leaflets were dropped particularly in larger cities. As usual the propaganda aimed at soldiers, is trying to divide leadership and men. A new angle if to ascribe to us the guilt of the air war. The well known "Soldatennachrichten der R.A.F. und U.S.A.F. is trying to have a demoralizing effect. For the first time a booby detonator was found with the inscription:
'Protective powder against poison gas watch your eyes.'" Then the Tactical Situation is described, and it says:
"Guarding of supply installations of Army Group E was stopped, except for the 10th Company, the III/Police Mountain Regiment."
Then the Italian Militia Training Battalions is something we are not interested in. We will now try to read about the Evzones (Greek Guard):
"They have continued to prove themselves during raids against Communists in Athens. The organization of a Evzones Regiment in Athens with three Battalions and that of 1 Regiment in Patras with 2 Battalions is under way."
And here we have the Edes, Company Euboa:
"As a trial 100 Edes followers (Nationalist Band) were armed in return for the furnishing of hostages, and under the leadership of the perfect general Liakos were committed from Chalkis. As yet only minor successes against Communists."
And now, on the next page, 115, it describes the Missions for the ensuing period; and it says:
"Mopping up operation in the area of Bootia by police troops, raids in Athens against Communists by the Evzone Regiment."
Then it says:
"a. General:
Unrest in the ensuing period is hardly to be expected since there is a fear of sharp counter measures. Shootings at night in Athens Piraus result from the fights of the Evzones against the Communists. The reorganization of the Greek gendarmerie and police by the Senior SS and Police Leader has a favorable effect. Only the Peleponnesus is a constant focal point of unrest as far as it is not occupied by us.
b. Attacks, acts of sabotage and fires.
Numerous effective blastings of bridges and roads and attacks on the Peleponnesus.
In the area of the remaining Administrative Subarea Headquarters less important attacks and sabotage.
c. Counter-measures In December on the Peleponnesus 758 people were shot to death, including reprisal operation "Kalavrita."
In the remaining areas hostages were seized and a lesser number of executions has taken place.
d. Communist propaganda Primarily by carrying a whispering propaganda and by distribution of inciting pamphlets.
The bad economic situation is in its favor. Writing on houses in Athens Piraus has lessened.
XIII. Summary: The further development of the political situation will necessarily be influenced by the economic situation to a great extent. The increasing economic misery will make the majority of the population, suffering from it, more receptive to the whispers of the Communists who make the occupying power responsible for it and will cause them to join the bands. Economic relief on the other hand would contribute to a political pacification and to a better relationship with Germany. The focal point of the development consequently, lies at this time less in the military than in the economic sectors. The damaging consequences of insufficient pay in Drachma, as regards discipline and attitude of the German Soldier have been referred to several times. Increased penalties will not remove these critical signs.
Larger scale operations of the bands are hardly to be expected during the winter months.
The fulfillment of the tasks with which the military Commander has been charged suffers from lack of subordinate units. The tasks cannot be fulfilled with the only available single security battalion. An assignment of three to four security battalions becomes of utmost urgency" And it has some illegible initials, and is signed:
"Speidel" And then another signature which is not quite legible.
"Distribution Military Commander Southeast For information:
High Command Army Group E On the premises:
Ia/War Diary Ia (draft)" On the next page, Your Honor, this same document continues, and the Military Commander Greece, the Chief of the Military Administration, writes another letter to the Military Commander Southeast, Belgrade, Subject:
"Situation Report of Military Administration for Nov. 1943." I believe this copy here is '45. If Your Honors permit I would like to show this document to the defense for defendant Speidel for his possible concurrence in any comment he may wish to make. On the original document I believe there is a mistake in translation.
THE PRESIDENT: You may show it to counsel.
DR. WEISGERBER: Weisgerber for Speidel. Your Honor, I have convinced myself that it is the year 1943 while looking at the original document.
THE PRESIDENT: The correction may be made upon the Tribunal's Document Book.
MR. RAPP: Very well, Your Honor. We would like this changed.
THE PRESIDENT: Counsel consents to the correction.
MR. RAPP: That is correct.
THE PRESIDENT: I mean the defense counsel.
DR. WEISGERBER: I do, Your Honor.
MR. RAPP: This document is dated 12/12/43, received 22.13.43, to Military Commander Southeast. Under the heading "Received 22.13.43," there is no month, I believe, or year, which has a 13th month. This as another typographical error. It obviously should be December 1943. Did Your Honors follow me on this comment?
THE PRESIDENT: Where is the last reference?
MR. RAPP: The last reference, Your Honor, is on page 117. It states in the left upper corner "received 22.13.43," and the "13" should obviously be "12," instead of "13."
THE PRESIDENT: Very well.
MR RAPP:
"Subject: Situation report of Military Administration for Nov. 1943 Reference:
Military Commander Southeast of 19.11.43., Ia, No. 1723/43 Secret.
I. General Political Situation:
As before the morale of the Greek population is influenced primarily by the extremely difficult economic situation as expressed in the continuing deterioration of currency and in connection with that in a further aggravation of the social situation. The lifting of restrictions on the sale of food-stuffs, as effected by the Special Plenipotentiary of the Foreign Office for the Southeast has however caused food supplies held back by speculators to reappear in the market. However, this "Policy of a free market" has had as little effect on the prices of food-stuffs as has the Gold subsidiary measures started at great expense by the Special Plenipotentiary.
The constant increase of prices with which wages and salaries could not keep pace forms the best breeding ground for the activity and the propaganda of the Communist Party of Greece which consciously attempts to seize the power of the State. The Communist Bands, compared with which the National Band Movement loses more and more significance, rule large areas of the country, above all the Peloponnesus, and with their terror measures (kidnapping, blackmail and murder of pro-German antiBolshevic-Greeks) they exert pressure on the population.
In the Bourgeois circles, the recognition of the peril which Communism threatens, is beginning to penetrate at the same rate at which hope for early support by the Allies has receded. . . .
d. Other police sectors:
After the taking over of the territories formerly occupied by Italy the societies in this part of Greece also had to be put under supervision. An order was issued for seizure of the existing societies and organizations."
Then the hunting and fishing, I don't think we will read at this time and we go now to where it says:
"The Jewish Problem:
The higher SS & Police Leader has issued a directive dated 3-10-43 by virtue of which all Jews in Athens had to report to the Jewish Community and in other cities and rural communities to the town-halls or to the community offices. Since a large part of the Jews did not report - in Athens for instance only 1200 out of 8000 were listed the Military Commander, in agreement with the Special Plenipotentiary of the Foreign Office for the Southeast has confiscated their fortune by an order and has transferred it to the Greek State to be administered.
Schools:
At this time by far the larger part of the schools are closed since they are required as billets for the troops. However, attempts are made to release at least one school for use in each larger locality.
The Solonika University is fully in operation. The technical institute of Athens also has been reopened meanwhile....... .......Frequently the necessary labor can be put at the disposal of the Wehrmacht only by threat and by execution of compulsory measures. At various times Mayors who were charged with the procurement of labor forces had to promise the laborers considerable amounts, in addition to German wages and they sometimes had to pay them also. A certain relief in the difficulties arising from wage policies has been achieved by temporarily using Italian labor (unpaid).
For the Military Commander Greece, The Chief of the Military Administration:
(signature illeg.)
Chief Military Administration Distribution:
See Draft" And then under "b" it says:
"b. Attacks, Acts of Sabotage and Fires Athens:
On 6 and 19.11 attacks near Marathon, losses 1 dead.
Lamica: 3 confidential agents (Greeks) of the Secret Field Police kidnapped, 1 worker in Lianokladi kidnapped and released on 19.11 after having been held for 6 days.
Mining of the railroad track near Grawia with 5 points of detonation.
"Larissia: Several detonators were attached (?) to freight cars with minor damage.
"Peloponnes: Numerous attacks on German Soldiers with larger personnel and material losses.
"Nessolonghion: Minor telephone sabotage. A road blasted for 100 motors in Southeast Agrinion. Greek Police Official murdered by Communists.
"Counter Measures:
"The Greek population is being employed to a considerable extent in guarding railroad and telephone lines.
"Execution of hostage camps in various cities. Mainly Communists are received there.
"Arrests of about 2000 patients of the Greeks Military hospital in Athens which were forming Communist cells. They were transferred to the Island of Kea.
"Execution of Reprisal Measures (Shooting of hostages).
"Communist Propaganda "Primarily by use of whispering propaganda, painting of slogans on houses, distribution of leaflets, sometimes speeches in churches, teams of trained speakers for addressing public meetings.
The Greek General Zervas (Nationalist) is attached particularly. Otherwise the remaining attacks are against the occupation power.
"Summary:
"The troops at the disposal of the Military Commander in Greece are in no way sufficient for carrying out his tasks.
"Important plants are shut down, valuable supply installations are insufficiently guarded, necessary new installations like the erection of hostage camps, etc, are discontinued because the required security forces are lacking. Since the disarming of the Italians a Wehrmacht prison in Athens had to be guarded by its own inmates who had behaved themselves properly. 1604 "The development of the political situation will depend primarily on how successful we are in stopping the inflation and in securing food.
At this time there is no relation between living expenses and the income of the majority of the population. Labor employed by the Wehrmacht receives less wages than labor employed by the Greek authorities. Frequently, the transfer of important goods is not possible because of lack of labor due to poor pay.
"The moral conduct of the German soldier in the large cities of Athens and Piraus has deteriorated considerably. Attacks on Greeks, threats and black mail are accumulating considerably. (see enclosure 3, report by the Administrative Sub-Area Headquarters Athens). This deterioration of discipline is primarily due to insufficient pay. For the pay of a 10 day period the soldier at present is in position to buy just two pounds of raisins or 5 to 6 oranges while he must watch how the markets have plenty of everything which is rationed at home, though at exhorbitant prices. This external discipline has improved considerably due to severe control measures and penalties on part of the military Commander in his capacity of "Wehrmacht - Garrison - Commander" -- and then handwritten initial.
DR. WEISGERBER (Counsel for defendant Speidel): Your Honors, I cannot see which period of time is covered by the last situation report. On page 86 of the German document book, on page 115 of the English document book, the situation report for November 1943 closes with on the next page it says--page 34 of the original" -- that is page 120 of the English Document book. This doesn't show for which period of time this situation report is supposed to be valid.
I would be grateful if the prosecution would indicate that point.
THE PRESIDENT: If the prosecution is in a position to advise counsel, the Tribunal would appreciate their doing so.
MR. RAPP: Very well, your Honor. If your Honors please, the page 34 of the original which refers to page 115 of your document book is not preceded in the original document by any other statement indicating for which period this report is responsible.
However, page 35 of this particular document -- that is page 116 and page 117 of your document book, Your Honors -- is signed by the defendant Speidel. Although there is no indication exactly which period this particular report covers, the signature itself shows that it was written sometime during the time that the defendant Speidel was Military Commander in Greece.
Your Honors, I believe you will find this on page 119, 120 and 121.
THE PRESIDENT: Does that give the counsel the information he desires?
DR. WEISGERBER: Your Honor, I still don't know which period of time is covered by this situation report. I can merely see from the second line of this last report that it partly concerns occurrences which took place in November. Which period of time is covered by the remaining parts of the report cannot be seen from this report.
MR. RAPP: We submit, your Honors, we are sorry but we cannot submit to defense counsel the desired information. It may be of help to defense counsel to call his attention to the fact that under "b" dates are mentioned like "19 of November", and subsequently in the contents of the report sometimes dates appear; but we cannot furnish defense counsel the exact information he desires because this particular information is not in our hands.
THE PRESIDENT: The document will have to be taken for what it shows and the deductions taken from the document itself, when neither the prosecution or the Tribunal can add anything to it.
MR. RAPP: That is correct, your Honor. Of course, your Honors, I would like to call your Honor's attention to the fact that the document as such is signed by the defendant Speidel so it must have been published sometime during the time he was Military Commander of Greece.
DR. MUELLER-TORGOW (Counsel for defendant Felmy): Your Honors, may I point out two mistakes in the translation of this document? First of all, it concerns the situation report of the 1st to the 31st of November, 1943, on page 83 of the German document book, page 112 of the English document book, under "Vb". That is "Attacks, sabotage and arson.
The word "Ueberfaelle" has been translated "by attack."
Secondly, under "Vc", the second sentence, it says: "In den uebrigen Gebieten Geiselfesthahmen und Erschiessungen in geringem Masse." "In geringem Masse" is translated by Lesser, L e s s e r.
I should like to ask that those two places be translated again.
THE PRESIDENT: It may be handed to the translators for their translation.
MR. RAPP: Very well, your Honor.
THE PRESIDENT: For the benefit of the Tribunal, it will be appreciated if the translators will refer to the English page and the line so that we may know and note just what the translation applies to.
DR. HUELLER TORGOW: In the English document book it is page 115 and the first instance occurs in the paragraph "Vb" entitled, "Attacks, acts of sabotage and fires."
THE INTERPRETER: The German word for that is "Ueberfaelle", which I translate as "raids"; and the second instance occurs in paragraph "c", still "V" -- that's just dropping a couple of lines down, and the last sentence of paragraph "c". The word objected to is "in geringem Masse". I should translate that as "into a small extent, a number of executions had taken place."