He was a member of the Reichstag after 1938. Exhibit No. 512. This is also an article which appeared in "Die Deutsche Polizei", magazine of the Security Police and SD, 12 February 1943, at page 65, and I quote:
"SS GRUPPENFUEHRER KALTENBRUNNER APPOINTED CHIEF OF THE SECURITY POLICE AND OF THE SD. the Fuehrer has appointed SS-Gruppenfuehrer and Major General of Police Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner as Chief of the Security Police and of the SD as successor of SS Obergruppenfuehrer and Lieutenant General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, who passed away 4 June 1942," HIMMLER delivered on 4 October 1943 at Pozen, Poland, to Gruppenfuehrers of the SS, our document 1919-PS, heretfore received as USA Exhibit 170, in which with unmatched frankness HIMMLER discussed the barbaric program and criminal activities of the SS and the Security Police. Near the beginning of the speech HIMMLER referred to, and I quote this one sentence "Our comrade, SS Gruppenfuehrer Ernst KALTENBRUNNER, who has succeeded our fallen friend HEYDRICH". Security Police and SD to the satisfaction of Himmler and Hitler, for on 9 December 1944, according to the Befehlsblatt of the Security Police and SD -
DR. KAUFMANN (Counsel for Defendant Kaltenbrunner): May I interrupt just for a second. I understood the decision of the Tribunal to be that the accusation against Kaltenbrunner was to be postponed until Kaltenbrunner should be fit to plead, and now the matter of Kaltenbrunner is being discussed.
DR. KAUFMANN: Oh, surely.
THE PRESIDENT: The decision which the Tribunal indicated before was based upon the view that the evidence could be divided between evidence which bore directly against Kaltenbrunner and evidence which bore against the organization of the Gestapo, but when you attended before us in closed session, it was explained that it was impossible to do that and that the evidence was so inextricably mingled that it was impossible to direct the evidence solely to the organization and not to include it against Kaltenbrunner, and accordingly the Tribunal decided that they would go on with the evidence which the prosecution desired to present in its entirety, but that they would give you the opportunity of cross examining any witnesses which might be called at a later date. Of course you will, in addition to that, have the fullest opportunity of dealing with any documentary evidence which bears against Kaltenbrunner when the time comes for you to present the defense on behalf of Kaltenbrunner.
Do you follow that?
DR. KAUFMANN: Of course.
THE PRESIDENT: You will have the opportunity for any witness who is called this afternoon or tomorrow at a later date, a date which will be convenient to yourself, and in addition, with reference to any oral evidence such as is now being presented by counsel for the United States, you will have full opportunity at a future date of dealing with that evidence in any way that it seems right to you to do.
DR. KAUFMANN: Yes.
May I just say one more word. The misunderstanding that affected me is probably due to the fact that I was of the opinion that witnesses were now to be heard, but now I hear that the evidence -- that is to say, the whole of the evidence -- is to be put forward. Now I hear that the Tribunal is admitting the whole of the evidence so I shall submit, of course, to this decision.
LT. HARRIS: Kaltenbrunner carried out the responsibilities as Chief of the Security Police and SD to the satisfaction of Himmler and Hitler, for on 9 December 1944, according to the Befehlsblatt of the Security Police and SD, No. 51, page 361, our 2770-PS, he received, as Chief of the Security Police and SD, the decoration known as the Knight's Cross of the War Merit, with Crossed Swords, one of the highest military decorations.
By that time Kaltenbrunner had been promoted to the high rank of SS Obergruppenfuehrer and General of the Police. entitled "The Position of KALTENBRUNNER and the GESTAPO and SD in the German Police System". As Chief of the Security Police and SD, KALTENBRUNNER was the head of the GESTAPO, the KPIPO and the SD and of the RSHA which was a department of the SS and the Reich Ministry of the Interior. He was in charge of the regional offices of the GESTAPO, the SD and the KRIPO within Germany, and of the Einsatz Groups and Einsatz Commandos in the occupied territories. of the RSHA including Amt III (the SD within Germany), Amt IV (the GESTAPO) Amt V (the KRIPO), and Amt VI (Foreign Intelligence). 513. This is the affidavit of Walter SCHELLENBERG, who was chief of Amt VI of the RSHA from the autumn of 1941 to the end of the war. I am going to read a very small portion of this affidavit, beginning with the sixth sentence of the first paragraph:
"On or about 25 January 1943, I went together with KALTENBRUNNER to Himmler's headquarters at Loetzen in East Prussia.
All of of the Security Police and SD (RSHA) as successor to Heydrich.
His appointment was effective 30 January 1943. I know of no limitation placed on KALTENBRUNNER's authority as Chief of the Security Police and SD.
He promptly entered upon the duties of over the Amt.
All important matters of all Aemter had to clear through KALTENBRUNNER."
During Kaltenbrunner's term in office as Chief of the Security Police and SD, many crimes were committed by the Security Police and SD pursuant to policy established by the RSHA or upon orders issued out of the RSHA, for all of which Kaltenbrunner was responsible by virtue of his office. Each of these crimes has been discussed in detail in the case against the GESTAPO and SD, and reference is here made to that presentation. Evidence now will be offered only to show that these crimes continued after Kaltenbrunner became Chief of the Security Police and on 30th January 1943. the Security Police and SD is the murder and mistreatment of civilians of occupied countries by the Einsatz Groups. There were at least five Einsatz Groups operating in the east during Kaltenbrunner's term in office. The Befehlsblath of the Security Police and SD--and this is contained in our document 2890-PS, of which I ask the Tribunal to take judicial notice--contains references to Einsatz Groups A, B, D, G and Croatia during the period from 1943 to 1945. but the Tribunal will note those references to the name "Einsatz Groups," indicating that they were operating during the time that Kaltenbrunner was Chief of the Security Police and SD. The Tribunal will recall document 1104-PS, which has heretofore been received as US Exhibit 4830. I will only refer in passing to this document, which contained a lengthy and critical report on the barbarous conduct of the Security police in exterminating the Jewish population of Sluzk White Rutnenia. This report was submitted to Heydrich on 21st November 1941. Yet the same conditions of horror and cruelty continued to characterize the operations of Einsatzkommandos in the east while Kaltenbrunner was Chief of the Security Police and SD. I refer to document 1475-PS, heretofore received as US Exhibit 289, and I will not read anything from that but simply refresh the recollection of the Tribunal to the report of Gunther, the prison warden at Minsk, under date of 31st May 1943 to the General
THE PRESIDENT: Lieutenant Harris, I think you are going
LIEUTENANT HARRIS: Thank you, sir.
Gestapo. The Tribunal will recall document No. 2542-PS, heretofore Document Book.
It was introduced this morning.
THE PRESIDENT: The *---* affidavit?
LIEUTENANT HARRIS: Yes. That as an affidavit that indicates
THE PRESIDENT: Wait a minute. You are not referring to any
LIEUTENANT HARRIS: Referring specifically to the third
THE PRESIDENT: That only says until about the beginning of 1943.
LIEUTENANT HARRIS: It says early in 1943 the department was dissolved and it went into the departments in Subsection IV B. The work concerning Russian PW's must then have been done by IV B 2a.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. Well, that is all you want it for, isn't it?
LIEUTENANT HARRIS: Yes.
has heretofore been received as USA Exhibit 246. This is the secret "Chief of the Security Police and of the Security Service, for the Chief, signed Mueller."
I now offer document L-158 as exhibit next in order. This is
USA Exhibit 514. I am not going to read this document since it is the marked passages.
First: "On 2nd March 1944 the Chief of the Security Police and SD, Berlin, forwarded the following OKW order."
prisoners of war should be turned over to the Chief of the Security Police and. SD.
The document goes on to say--and I quote--"In this connection instructions."
Detailed instructions follow concerning the such prisoners to the commandant of Mauthausen under the operation "Bullet."
Further, this order states -- and I quote -- this is at the very end of the order -- "The list of the recaptured officers and nonworking N.C.O. prisoners of war will be kept here by IV A 1. To enable a report to be made punctually to the Chief of the SIPO and SD, Berlin, statements of the numbers involved must reach Radom by 20 June 1944." was received this morning as U.S.A. Exhibit 490.
THE PRESIDENT: Has that Document L-158 already been put in evidence?
LT. HARRIS: No, sir, I have just put in those portions. I have just put the document in evidence at this time, sir. The document has not been read in its entirety for the reason that the contents, other than the quoted portions, are substantially the same as Document 1650 which has been read at length.
THE PRESIDENT: You say it is the same as 1650?
LT. HARRIS: It is, sir, substantially the same. It relates to the same subject. It was, however, addressed to a different party, and I particularly wish to place before the Tribunal the last paragraph which has been quoted and read into evidence.
THE PRESIDENT: The last paragraph doesn't mean very much by itself, does it?
LT. HARRIS: Very well, sir. Then, if the Tribunal will permit it, I would like to read the document in its entirety.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you mean that 1650 has got these paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 in it?
LT. HARRIS: YES, sir. That is exactly what I do mean, sir. which was received in evidence this morning as Exhibit 490. That was the affidavit -
THE PRESIDENT: Twenty-two what?
LT. HARRIS: 2285, sir. You will find that in the other book.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, very well.
LT. HARRIS: That was the affidavit of Lt. Colonel Gast and Lt. Veith of the French Army, who stated that during 1943 and 1944 prisoners of war were murdered at Mauthausen under the Bullet Decree. I am sure the Tribunal will recall that document. of the Security Police and SD was the commitment of racial and political undesirables to concentration camps and annihilation camps for slave labor and mass murder. Before Kaltenbrunner became Chief of the Security Police and SD on 30 January 1943, he was fully cognizant of conditions in concentration camps and of the fact that concentration camps were used for slave labor and mass murder. The Tribunal will recall from previous evidence that Mauthausen Concentration Camp was established in Austria and that Kaltenbrunner was the Higher SS and Police Leader for Austria. This concentration camp, as shown by Document 1063A-PS, which was received this morning as U.S.A. Exhibit 492, was classified by Heydrich in January 1941 in Category III, a camp for the most heavily accused prisoners and for asocial prisoners who were considered incapable of being reformed. The Tribunal will recall that prisoners of war to be executed under the "Bullet Decree" were sent to Mauthausen. As will be shown hereafter, Kaltenbrunner was a frequent visitor to Mauthausen concentration camp. On one such visit in 1942 Kaltenbrunner personally observed the gas chamber in action. I now offer Document 2753-PS as exhibit next in order. U.S.A. Exhibit 515. This is the affidavit of Alois Hoellriegl, former guard at Mauthausen concentration camp. The affidavit states, and I quote:
"I, Alois Hoellriegl, being first duly sworn, declare:
"I was a member of the Totenkopf SS and stationed at the Mauthausen concentration camp from January 1940 until the end of the war. On one occasion, I believe it was in the fall of 1942, Ernst Kaltenbrunner visited Mauthausen. I was on guard duty at the time and saw him twice. He went down into the gas chamber with Ziereis, Commandant of the camp at a time when prisoners were being gassed. The sound accompanying the gassing operation was well known to me.
I heard the gassing taking place while Kaltenbrunner was present.
"I saw Kaltenbrunner come up from the gas cellar after the gassing operation had been completed.
"(Signed) Hoellriegl."
Mauthausen with Himmler and had his photograph taken during the course of the inspection. I offer Document 2641 as exhibit next in order, USA Exhibit 516.
THE PRESIDENT: 2641, you said?
LT. HARRIS: Yes, sir, 2641-PS. This exhibit consists of two affidavits and a series of photographs. Here are the original photographs in my hand. The original photographs are the small ones which have been enlarged, and those in the document book are not very good reproductions, but the Tribunal will see better reproductions which are being handed to it.
DR. KAUFMANN (Counsel for Defendant Kaltenbrunner): The whole accusation has been brought forward; all the same, I feel bound to make a motion on principle. I could have made this motion this morning just as well. It is in reference to the question whether affidavits may be read or not. I know that this question has already been the subject of consultation by the Tribunal and that the Tribunal has already decided this question in a certain manner, but if I might ask this question be decided once more, there is a special reason for it.
Every trial is something dynamic. What was correct at that time may at a later point be wrong. The most important trial in history rests in certain important points on the reading of evidence which from the side of the Prosecution is given to us according to their maxims.
The reading of affidavits is not satisfactory in the long run. The need is grave from hour to hour to see, if possible, the witness for the Prosecution and to hear him and to be able to investigate his credibility and his memory. There are many witnesses, so to speak, at the door of this Courtroom, and they need only be called in. To hear the witness at a later stage--that is not sufficient. It is not certain whether the Tribunal will admit the hearing of that particular witness on the same subject. I therefore oppose the further reading of the affidavit now. The meaning of Paragraph 19 of the Charter must not be killed by literal interpretation.
THE PRESIDENT: Is your application that you want to cross examine the witness or is your application that the affidavit should not be read?
DR. KAUFMANN: The latter.
THE PRESIDENT: That the affidavit should not be read?
DR. KAUFMANN: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Are you referring to the affidavit of Hoellriegl, 2753-PS?
DR. KAUFMANN: Yes.
(Off the record discussion by the Tribunal.)
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal is of the opinion that the affidavit, which is upon a relevant point, upon a material point, is evidence which ought to be admitted under Article 19 of the Charter, but they will consider any motion which Counsel for Kaltenbrunner may think fit to make for cross examination of the witness who made the affidavit if he is available and could be called.
You were dealing with these photographs, weren't you?
LT. HARRIS: Yes, sir. They had been offered in evidence as the exhibit next in order, and I wish to refer to the first affidavit accompanying them, which appears in the document book.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
LT. HARRIS: It being the affidavit of Alois Hoellriegl.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes. You had handed up the affidavit at the same time, hadn't you?
LT. HARRIS: Yes. That affidavit states, and I quote:
"I was a member of the Totenkopf SS and stationed at the Mauthausen concentration--"
THE PRESIDENT: Is the only copy in English this thing we can't read?
LT. HARRIS: Sir, it is the preceding affidavit.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, very well.
LT. HARRIS: (Reading) "I was a member of the Totenkopf SS and stationed at the Mauthausen concentration camp from January 1940 until the end of the War. I am thoroughly familiar with all of the buildings and grounds at Mauthausen concentration camp. I have been shown Document 2641-PS, which is a series of six photographs. I recognize all of these photographs as having been taken at Mauthausen concentration camp. With respect to the first photograph I positively identify Heinrich Himmler as the man on the left, Ziereis, the commandant of Mauthausen concentration camp in the center, and Ernst Kaltenbrunner as the man on the right."
THE PRESIDENT: He doesn't say, does he, at what date the photographs were taken?
LT. HARRIS: No, sir, I have no evidence as to what date the photographs were taken, Sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Just that Kaltenbrunner was there, yes?
LT. HARRIS: Just that Kaltenbrunner was there at some time in the company of Ziereis and Himmler.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
LT. HARRIS: With full knowledge of conditions in and the purposes of concentration camps, Kaltenbrunner ordered or permitted to be ordered in his name the commitment of persons to concentration camps. This is the affidavit of Hermann Pister, the former commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp, which was taken on 1 August 1945 at Freising, Germany, in the course of an official military investigation by the United States Army, and I quote from it as follows, beginning with the second paragraph:
"With exception of the mass delivery of prisoners from the concentration camps of the occupied territory all prisoners were sent to the concentration camp Buchenwald by order of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Berlin. These orders for protective custody (red forms) were in most cases signed with the name 'Kaltenbrunner'. The few remaining protective custody orders were signed by 'Foerster'."
No. 518. This is the affidavit of Willy Litzenberg, former Chief of Department IV A 1 b of the RSHA. This document reads in cart as follows, and I quote, beginning with the second paragraph:
"The right of summary taking into protective custody belongs to the Directors of the State Police H.Q.'S or State Police Offices; previously for a period of 21 days, later, I think, for a period of 56 days. Custody exceeding this time had to be sanctioned by the competent Office for Protective Custody in the RSHA. The Regulations for protective Custody or the signing of the Protective Custody Order could only be issued through the Director of the RSHA as Chief of the SIPO and SD. All Regulations and Protective Custody Orders that I have seen bore a facsimile stamp of Heydrich or Kaltenbrunner. As far as I can remember I have never seen a document of this kind with another name as signature. How far and to whom the Chief of the SIPO and SD possibly gave authority for the use of his facsimile stamp, I do not know. Perhaps the Chief of Amt IV possesses a similar authority.
"The greater part of the Protective Custody Office was transferred to Prague. Only one staff remained in Berlin." 518. This is an affidavit of witness Willy Litzenberg, former Chief of the Department IV A. found at the former office of the section of the Gestapo which handled protective custody matters in Prague. It was an order to the Prague office to send a teletype message to the Gestapo office at Koeslin, ordering protective custody of one Ratzke and her commitment to the concentration camp at Ravensbruck for refusing to work. The order carries the facsimile signature of Kaltenbrunner. At the bottom of the page the Tribunal will note the facsimile stamp of Kaltenbrunner. as USA Exhibit 243, and which contains twenty-five orders for arrest issued out of the Prague office of the RSHA to the Einsatz.
THE PRESIDENT: Which number are you dealing with now?
LT. HARRIS: Dealing with Document L-215. I believe the Tribunal will recall this document, which has heretofore been received in evidence, and which contains twenty-five orders for arrest issued out of the Prague office of the RSHA to the Einsatz Commando of Luxembourg, all of which carry the typed signature of Kaltenbrunner. And the Court will remember, and I am holding up the original document, that these arrest orders were the red forms which the Commandant of Buchenwald referred to in his affidavit as being the forms which he saw coming from RSHA committing persons to Buchenwald. to Document L-215, by Kaltenbrunner, included Dachau, Natzweiler, Sachsenhausen, and Buchenwald.
THE PRESIDENT: What was the date of it?
LT. HARRIS: The most of these, sir, were in 1944. I believe they are all in 1944.
THE PRESIDENT: Does it appear on the document; does it or doesn't it?
LT. HARRIS: It does appear, sir, on the original document, yes. The first page of this translation is a summation of all of these. There is only one of the dossiers which has been translated in full, and the date on that one is 15-2-1944.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes; I see.
LT. HARRIS: Among the grounds specified on these orders carrying the typed signature of Kaltenbrunner were, quoting:
"Strongly suspected of working to the detriment of the Reich; spiteful statements inimical to Germany as well as aspersions and threats against persons active in the National Socialist Movement; strongly suspected of aiding desertion." 520; that is 2239-PS. This is a file of forty-two telegrams sent by the Prague office of the RSHA to the Gestapo office at Darmstadt, and they all carry the teletype signature of Kaltenbrunner. These commitment orders were issued during the period from 20 September 1944 to 2 February 1945.
The concentration camps to which Kaltenbrunner sent these people included Sachsenhausen, Ravensbruck, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Flossenburg, and Theresienstadt. Nationalities included Czech, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Corsican, Lithuanian, Greek, and Jews. Grounds included refusal to work, religious propaganda, sex relations with PW'S, communist statements, loafing on the job, working against the Reich, spreading of rumors detrimental to morale, action Gitter, breach of work contracts, statements against Germany, assault of foreman, defeatist statements, and theft and escape from jail. but he authorized executions in concentration camps. I now offer Document L-51 as Exhibit next in order, Exhibit USA 521. This is the affidavit of Adolf Zutter, the former adjutant of Mathausen concentration camp, in the course of an official military investigation of the United States Army, on 2 August 1945, at Linz, Austria. This affidavit states, and I am quoting from paragraph 3:
"Standartenfuehrer Ziereis, the commander of Camp Mauthausen, gave me a large number of execution orders after opening the secret mail, because I was the adjutant and I had to deliver these to Obersturmfuehrer Schulz. These orders of execution were written approximately in the following form." execution issued by the RSHA to the commander of the concentration camp Mathausen. I omit quoting that description and continue at the next paragraph:
"Orders for execution also came without the *ame of the court of justice. Until the assassination of Heydrich, these orders were signed by him or by his competent deputy. Later on the orders were signed by Kaltenbrunner, but mostly they were signed by his deputy, Gruppenfuehrer Mueller.
"Dr. Kaltenbrunner, who signed the above mentioned orders, had the rank of SS General (SS Obergruppenfuehrer) and was the Chief of the Reich Security Main Office.
"Dr. Kaltenbrunner is about 40 years old, height about 1.76 to 1.80 meters, and has deep fencing scars on his face.
"When Dr. Kaltenbrunner was only a Higher SS and Police Officer he visited the camp several times, later on as the Chief of Reich Security Main Office RSHA he visited the camp too, though this occurred much less frequently. During these visits, the commander usually received him outside the building of the camp headquarters and reported. Concerning the American military mission, which landed behind the German front in the Slovakian or Hungarian area in January, 1945, I remember when these officers were brought to Camp Mauthausen. I suppose the number of arrivals was about 12 to 15 men. They were in uniform, which was American or Canadian, brown-green color shirt and cloth cap. Eight or ten days after their arrival the execution order came in by telegraph or teletype. Standartenfuehrer Ziereis came to me into my office and told me: 'Now Kaltenbrunner has given the permission for the execution'. This letter was secret and had the signature 'signed Kaltenbrunner'. Then these people were shot according to marshal law and their belongings were given to me by Obersharfuehrer Niedermeier." the Security Police and SD was the deportation of citizens of occupied territories for forced labor and the disciplining of forced labor. 3012-PS, which has heretofore been received as USA Exhibit 190. That was the letter from the head of the Sonderkommando of the Gestapo and SD, which stated that the Ukraine would have to provide a million workers for the armament industry and that force should be used when necessary.
That letter was dated 19 March 1943.
Kaltenbrunner's responsibility for the disciplining of foreign labor is shown by Document 1063-B-PS, which has heretofore been received as USA Exhibit 492. No part of this letter has been read into the record. This letter dated 26 July 1943, that is, 1063-B, Sir, was addressed to Higher SS and Police Leaders, Kommanders and Inspectors, and the Gestapo and SD, and to the Chiefs of Einsatz Groups B and D. in the East, carried out the extermination of Jews and Communist leaders. This document proves Kaltenbrunner's control over Einsatz Groups B and D. This document is signed "Kaltenbrunner." The first paragraph provides as follows:
"The Reichsfuehrer SS has given his consent that besides concentration camps, which come under the jurisdiction of the SS Economic Administration Main Office, further labor reformatory camps may be created, for which the Security Police alone is competent. These labor reformatory camps are dependent on the authorization of the Reich Security Main Office, which can only be granted in case of emergency (great number of foreign workers, and so forth)." It should be right at the beginning of the Document Book. This letter signed "Kaltenbrunner" was sent by him under date of 4 December, 1944, to Regional Offices of the Criminal Police.
The Tribunal will recall that Kaltenbrunner's responsibility covered the Criminal Police as well as the Gestapo. It provides in part, and I quote, reading at the beginning of the letter:
"According to the Decree of 30 June 1943, crimes committed by Polish and Soviet-Russian civilian laborers are being prosecuted by the State Police (Head) Offices, and even in those cases, where for the time being the Criminal police had, within the sphere of its competence, carried on the inquiries. For the purpose of speeding up the process and in order to save manpower, the Decree of 30 June 1943 is altered, and the Criminal Police (Head) Offices are authorized as from now on to prosecute themselves the crimes they are inquiring into, within the sphere of their competence, in so far as they are cases of minor or medium crimes."
I begin with the second paragraph:
"The following are available to the Criminal Police as a means of prosecution:
"Police imprisonment.
"Admission into a concentration camp for preventive custody as being anti-social or dangerous to the community."
"Their stay in the concentration camp is normally to be for the duration of the war. Besides this, the Criminal Police (Head) Offices are authorized to hand over Polish and Soviet-Russian civilian labourers in suitable cases and with the agreement of the competent State Police (Head)Offices to the Gestapo's penal camps for the education of labour'. Where the possibilities of prosecuting an individual case are insufficient because of the peculiarity of the case, the incident is to be handed over to the competent State Police (Head) Office.
"Signed: Dr. Kaltenbrunner." brunner punished foreign workers by committing them to concentration camps. I offer Document 2582-PS as exhibit next in order, USA Exhibit 523.
to concentration camps. I invite the attention of the Tribunal to the second order dated 18 June 1943 under which the GESTAPO at Saarbruecken was ordered to deliver a Pole to the concentration camp Natzweiler as a skilled workman, and to the third teletype dated 12 December 1944 in which the GESTAPO at Darmstadt was ordered to commit a Greek to the concentration camp Buchenwald because he was drifting around without occupation, and to the fourth teletype dated 9 February 1945 in which the GESTAPO at Darmstadt in Bensheim was ordered to commit a French Citizen to Buchenwald for shirking work and insubordination. All of those orders are signed KALTENBRUNNER.
I offer Document 2680 PS as exhibit next in order (USA Exhibit 542). This Document contains three more of these red form orders for protective custody, all signed KALTENBRUNNER. The first one shows that a citizen of the Netherlands was taken into protective custody for work sabotage, and the second one shows that a French citizen was taken into protective custody for work sabotage and insubordination, both under date 2 December 1944. the Security Police and SD is the executing of capture commandos and paratroopers and the protecting of civilians who lynched allocated flyers. Hitler Order of 18 October, 1942, which was introduced this morning, Document 498-PS. USA Exhibit 501, to the effect that commandos, even in uniform, were to be exterminated to the last man, and that individual members captured by the Police in occupied territory were to be handed over to the SD. 525. This is an express top secret letter from the Chief of the Security Police and SD. signed "Mueller", by order to the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, in which the Chief of the Security Police and SD states, and I quote from the third paragraph of the second page of the English translation:
"I have instructed the Befehlshaber of the Security Police and the SD in Paris to treat such parachutists in English uniform as members of the commando operations in accordance with the Fuehrer's order of 10 October 1942 and to inform the military authorities in France that there must be corresponding reatment at the hands of the armed forces."