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Affidavit on the organization of the security police (Gestapo and Kripo) and security service (SD), the number of officers in 1943-45, and their overlapping roles

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Walter Schellenberg (Gestapo, RSHA; Brigade-Fuehrer, Waffen SS)

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Walter Schellenberg

German police and SS general, head of the military secret services and convicted war criminal (1910-1952)

Born: 1910-01-16 (Saarbrücken)
Died: 1952-03-31 (Turin)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: lawyer; military personnel; politician; writer
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Corps Guestphalia et Suevoborussia Marburg; Schutzstaffel
Participant in: Judges' Trial (date: 1947-02-10; role: affiant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (date: 1947-02-07; role: affiant)
Significant person: Günther Joël; Rudolf Brandt (role: acquaintance; since: 1939-01-01)

Date: 21 November 1945

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-3033

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 488

Document Book No: Prosecution AA: Gestapo and SD

Citation: IMT (page 1907)

HLSL Item No.: 451637

Trial Issues

Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Administration & organization (all cases)

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PS-3033: Sworn statement by Walter Schellenberg on the nature of SIPO and SD

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PS-3033: Composition of and number of members in the security police and the Sd, 21 November 1945: use of the term "Sd Gestapo uniforms; voluntary nature of new membership in Gestapo and Sd