He states in the third paragraph:" Without being summoned before a courtmartial and thus not condemned, I was shipped out in September 1941, and delivered to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen." On the next page he says:" In November 1942 I was sent to Auschwitz (Upper Silesia) where I stayed at the so-called commando Buna until January 1943."
DR. SEILD: Dr. Seidl for the defendant Oswald Pohl. If the tribunal please, I object to the admission of the offer of document No-1949, as that statement has not been sworn to, nor does it comply with the other requirement which exist according to the rules of the court. If the document can be recognized as an affidavit, it is purely a record of an examination, and there is no certificate attached to it at all.
MR. ROBBINS: Then I withdraw the offer of this affidavit at this time, Your Honor.
I now turn to page 42 and offer the document No. NO-1580 as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 303.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Robbins, don't you think it would be better if you should keep the number "302" for the previous document?
MR ROBBINS: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: In other words, if you later should authenticate it.
MR. ROBBINS: Yes, I think that is better. I assign the number "303" to document No. NO-1580, on page 42. This is an affidavit of Werner Courte' an SS man. He states that he is assigned to the WVHA, and he was first sent at Dachau, and then in the beginning of 1943 he came back to Berlin and was assigned to the Office C/V. He states further that in March 1944 he was called to Berlin to assist the Kammler's socalled Specila Staff, and he was working in Amtsgruppen C. At the beginning of 1943 he said: " I became managing engineer of Section IV, and was in charge of constructing the branch railway to the armament plant, an the concentration camp of Buchenwald, as already mentioned I was the chief super intendant of building operations management.
I was the appointed manager of the construction and was subordinate to the Economich and Administrative Mail Office (WVHA) Office Group C". The balance of the affidavit describes the conditions at that location.
Now, I turn to page 46, and offer Document No. NO*1065 as Prosecutions Exhibit No. 304. This is an affidavit by the defendant Karl Sommer, and consist of listing of various plants which employed concentrations camps inmates. The Court will note that Plant No 4, under paragraph A, is a construction enterprise S 3 Ohrdruf, (construction department of the SS-WVHA, responsible head: Dr. Kammler) approximately 10,000 prisoners. Plant No. 15 is another project, E 11 Malachit, Halberstadt employing approximately 3,600 prisoners. NO 26, "Laura" is also a firm under Amtsgruppen C, which manufactured "V2 weapons. He also lists Hermann Goerings Qerks, VAW, the Volkswagen werke, approximately 3,000 priners. The "DEST" and the Klinkerworks, put through projects under Amtsgruppen C, and Kammler.
THE PRESIDENT: Is this affidavit of the defendant?
MR. ROBBINS: Yes, Your Honor.
I turn now to page 60 of the Document Book, and offer Document NO-2326, the affidavit of Katzen-Ellenbogen, the Buchenwald inmates Physician. He states for a time he was on the teaching staff, on post graduate medical staff in New York City. On the second page of the Affidavit page 3 of the original he states: "about October 1943 by order of the labor Pool (Arbeitseinsatz) about 1200 french officers were taken away to the "Dora" V-Weapon Hocks, where they had to build galleries to set up this factory. After 6 to 7 weeks about 19 of those 1200 officers, returned to Buchenwald, and told us that the others had died in "Dora" I saw for myself that every day trucks with 80 to 100 CASE IV corpses from "Dora" arrived at the crematorium.
The Frenchmen were put into a gallery, and, on once entering, were not allowed to leave it again. They had to sleep on palliasses in the galleries themselves. These palliasses would already be wet through, after the first night, due to the dampness. As, at that time, large numbers of SS members were still used for guard duties, these prisoners, who had to work about 14 hours a day, were not left in peace, and they were beaten as soon as they took a moment rest."
I turn to the document on page 64 of the Document Book, which is No. NI-280, which will be Prosecution's Exhibit No. 306. It is an affidavit of Kaindl. The first part of the affidavit appears at page 65-A of my document book. The document was assembled incorrectly. Appendix I, appears first on the third page, that is the beginning of the affidavit. Starting with paragraph 2:"From 22 August 1942 until the collapse I was camp commandant at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.3. My superior authority was the WVHA; Chief: SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Oswald Pohl, and or his division D, chief: SS-Gruppenfuehrer Richard Gluecks. 4, Glueck's deputy, Standartenfuehrer Maurer and his deputy, Sommer were in charge of the employment of concentration camp labor. (Sommer, who in my opinion is best informed about the over-all aspect of the employment of concentration camp labor, was a youngman between 25 and 30, whose leg had been injured in the war. As far as I know, Sommer is in the Neumuenster Internment camp." In Paragraph 6, he said that "Out of the approximately 25,000 inmates of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, about 15,000 were employed" - I cannot make out next word.
THE PRESIDENT: "Either at outside places of Work." That is, "either at".
MR ROBBINS: "Either at outside places of work, or were sent to work from the main camp."
Then Appendix I lists various industries, such as Heinkel, and Seamens, which employes concentration camp labor, and the SS-Clothing.
CASE IV Manufacturing Factory, Oranienburg.
Appendix 2 at page 68 list other industries employing concentration camp inmates, and including the Gross-B Brick Factory at Oranienburg; the German Food Ltd. Oranienburg, and the Labor Camp, SS-Clothing Depot at Oranienburg, that is No. 5, and page 69, Commando Speer, 2,000 under Division W of the WVHA.
Appendix 3 is also a listing of industries employing concentration carp inmates.
At page 73 appears Document No. 2222-PS. This has already been offered in evidence and will not be offered again now. This was Exhibit No. 178 in Book 6 at page 86 of Book 6. It concerned the conditions at the concentration camp "Dora." where the "V" bombs were being manufactured.
At Page 73 appears Document 222-PS. This has already been offered in evidence and will not be offered again now. This was Exhibit 178 in Book VI, at Page 86 of Book VI. It concerns the concentration camps Dora, where V-bombs were being manufactured. It states that between 75,000. and 80,000 were employed in that camp on the V-bomb work.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Robbins, what is that previous exhibit number which corresponds to this document?
MR. ROBBINS: Number 178, Your Honor.
I turn to Page 90 and offer document NO-2153 as Prosecution Exhibit 307. This is a memorandum signed by Pohl, Dr. Salpeter and another person and outlines the bookkeeping operations which were designed to reflect the savings which were accomplished by using concentration camp inmates. It is a rather interesting document, and I should like to read a part of it. This is on the letterhead of the Cooperative Home Building Society, ltd.:
"The members of the Board of Directors enumerated below have passed the following resolution:
"1. The building expenditures for the three construction sections up to now do not contain the earth-moving, carried out not be firms but by prisoners of the concentration camp Dachau. To fix the value of the whole block of flats exactly, it is, however, necessary to enter the earth moving and so on carried out by prisoners into the books of the 'G.mb.H.'
"2. According to the enclosed survey of the architect Dinkel, dated 17 December 1938, the value of the earth moving carried out by prisoners amounts to 65,351 RM. The survey contains a number of errors in calculating. The architect is about 3,000 - out in his calculations.
"Therefore the resolution is passed to enter the earth moving in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd construction sector, which have been carried out by prisoners into the books of the 'G.m.b.H'. with a total amount of 70,000 RM and to credit at the same the Registered Society for the Furtherance and Upkeep of German Cultural Monuments which had taken over the pre-financing of the whole block.
"As far as the amount of 70,000 RM does not reach the amount of the enclosed survey, the balance is taken to be compensation for the interest which the Registered Society for the Furtherance and Upkeep of German Cultural Monuments has borne for a total amount of 430,000 RM without having debited the G.M.B.H."
On the next page the document indicates that certain amounts were entered in the books as savings in construction which were effected by the use of concentration camp inmates, which comes to a total of 65,315 RM.
I turn to Page 95, Document NO-2301, which will be Prosecution Exhibit 308. This is a memorandum from the commandant of Buchenwald prescribing a numbering system for inmates in that camp, and it states that:
"Each labor camp will receive serial numbers of certain thousands, thus designating every individual prisoner with a new number which is intended as a postal number for Buchenwald concentration camp."
Then the key to the numbers is given there.
An interesting sidelight on the administration of the camp is contained in paragraph (7):
"Outgoing mail has in any case to be directed through Buchenwald concentration camp; the head of the detachment will be hold responsible for this. Incoming mail will be forwarded to the labor camps after being censored."
Page 97 contains document NO-546, and I offer this as Prosecution Exhibit 309. This is a letter from Maurer of Office III C to Pohl stating that the DAW had transferred the manufacturing of cane-mats which was located at Ravensbrueck to Office I, pursuant to SS Oberfuehrer Loerner. This again is George Loerner referred to.
At Page 99 I offer Document NO-2143 as Exhibit 310. This is a letter by Juettner, stating that Himmler has ordered that all work camps in the West Wall area are to be taken over by the Waffen-SS and placed under the supervision of the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps.
On the next page, Page 100, I offer Document NO-21002102 as Prosecution Exhibit 311. This is a letter by Grimm, the labor assignment officer in Buchenwald, dated 28 October 1940, and the first paragraph reads:
"It has been found that in transfers of prisoners to other camps, prisoners are frequently turned over who are totally unfit or only conditionally fit for work. Measures of this kind have a detrimental effect especially on the camps requesting prisoners for employment on essential and current work. According to orders by the Inspectorate of Concentration, SS-Obergruppen fuehrer Gluecks, weak and ailing prisoners are by and by to be transferred to Dachau concentration camp."
I turn to Page 102 and offer Document NO-1971 as Prosecution Exhibit 312. This is a letter dated 11 December 1940, by Gluecks regarding the release of prisoners doing important work. I should like to read the letter in full.
"In order to be able to meet in good time any possible difficulties arising out of the release from concentration camps of prisoners employed at important work locations, it has been arranged that, as soon as prisoners start work at such locations, camp commanders must immediately report the fact to the Secret State Police Office or the Reich Criminal Police Office respectively. Apart from personal data, these reports must also contain a brief reason for not effecting immediate release, together with an indication of the period required for training a substitute. The above particulars will be duly considered by the Police Bureau when deciding on the release."
On the next page I offer document NO-2109 as Exhibit 313. This is a letter dated 13 December 1940 by Grimm, the labor officer at Buchenwald, regarding the Transfer of inmates from Dachau to Buchenwald. I should like to read the first part of the first paragraph:
"On 3 December 1940 Grimm, the Labor Assignment Officer of Buchenwald, inspected in Dachau 520 prisoners, who, in compliance with the aforesaid reference letter of the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps, were to be transferred from Dachau to Buchenwald.
"The inspection or review was carried out by slowly marching about 1500 prisoners, stripped to the waist, past Untersturmfuehrer Grimm; from among their number suitable men, looking fairly fit and capable of work, were selected. Instead of 500 prisoners to be transferred, a total of 520 were selected in order to have replacements for cases of sickness or physical deficiencies discovered later on."
This indicates that in the transports of concentration camp inmates, a larger number of inmates were selected than were requisitioned in order to take case of those who died in the course of the transport.
On the next page, the letter refers to the various deficiencies which were contained in the transports, and it says, "About 800 of all prisoners had lice, scabies or other diseases. About 100 prisoners had to be transferred to the hospital at once." And so on.
On Page 106 I offer MI 1240 as Exhibit 314. This is a letter from Goering to Himmler dated 18 February 1941 concerning population measures of Auschwitz for the building of the Buna plant for the I. G. Farben concern. It says that about 8,000 to 10,000 workers will be needed, and in Paragraph (1) "The Jews at Auschwitz and in the surrounding area must be quickly expelled especially for the purpose of clearing their lodgings in order to billet the construction workers of the Buna Plant."
Previous documents have shown that this is a plant owned and operated by I. G. Farben.
At Page 108 appears Document MI 127. I do not propose to offer this document in evidence.
I turn to Page 112 and offer Document NO 2309 as Exhibit 315. This is a series of letters. The one of principal interest is on Page 114. It is from the Reich Minister of Labor. Page 3 of the original document. The signature I can not make out, but it is on the letterhead of the Reich Minister of Labor. It is concerning the employment in the brick and stone industry. The second paragraph reads:
"The Reichfuehrung SS has taken over a number of works in the brick and stone industry in which mainly prisoners of concentration camps are employed. These prisoners are being systematically trained in training shops, thereby acquiring considerable skills in the production of building stones. In the face of the great lack of such labor, it accordingly appears opportune to assign these prisoners after their release from the concentration camps --" And I emphasize "after their release from the concentration camps. "-- as brick and quarry workers, or in similar occupations, to plants making building stones.
"For this purpose it was agreed with the Reichfuehrung SS that the commandants of the concentration camps should send to the local labor exchanges certificates stating the accurate personal data, the respective regional labor office and the acquired training and skills of suitable prisoners. On the basis of such certificates the labor exchanges shall enter in the labor passports on page 3, column c, and in the labor passport cards in column 15 the type of training and skills acquired by the prisoners."
And then various firms under Amtsgruppe D are listed there - primarily to the DEST - as recipients of those prisoners who have been released from concentration camps, and who are to be assigned to work in the brick and quarry works.
I turn to page 118 of Document Book II, and offer Document NO-3031, as Exhibit 316. This is a file note signed by Himmler. This is Exhibit 316. And the note refers to Himmler's visit to Lublin and to other camps. In paragraph 2, entitled DAW, he makes the following statement:
"The present camp is to be enlarged for auto repairs and carpenter shops exclusively. A new labor camp with the necessary workshops for clothing, locksmith's shop, tanner, shoe repair shops and wheelwright shop (sleigh production) is to be erected in the eastern sector of Lublin."
"Paragraph 6) The responsible foremen of the workshops, of the construction managements, etc. are to be promoted to grades which are in accordance with their knowledge and responsibility. SS-Oberfuehrer Dr. Kammler is to submit the propositions in this connection to SSGruppenfuehrer Pohl and SS-Gruppenfuehrer Juettner."
"Paragraph 8) The DAW are to conduct the training of masons, carpenters, etc. (building laborers) for utilization in the East. Furthermore, large tailorshops with female Jewish personnel are to be established.
"Paragraph 11) The action "Search for German Blood" will be extended to the whole General Government, and a large settlement will be established in the German colonies near Zamose. A beginning should be made as soon as possible with changing the style of farms, fields, etc., in order to give them a pure, German character.
Great importance has to be attached to the planting of hedges, detc. The small drill field turned over by the Wehrmacht is to be made a central point."
At page 121 I offer Document NO-585 as Exhibit 317. This is a letter dated 18 November 1941, concerning regulations for payment for concentration camp inmates working for the firm Peter Stiel, Cologne, and establishes standard operating procedure. The letter states that this decision is definitive and will be used as a basis in future similar cases, and outlines the procedure to be used, and, similarly, the so-called wages for concentration camp inmates.
At page 123 I offer Document NO-718, as Exhibit 318. This also establishes certain standard operating procedure; is dated 29 November 1941 -- excuse me, 28 November 1941 - and is a circular from the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps explaining the procedure to be adopted when supplying inmates from the camps to private industry.
At page 128 I offer NO-2113 as Exhibit 319. This is a letter from the Inspector General of Concentration Camps signed by - as well as I can make out - a person named G-a-i-t, and it is addressed to the commanders of various concentration camps, and reads as follows:
"I think the time has come when Russian prisoners of war may be recruited for work. Already during the conference on 10 and 11 November 1941 short statements on strength-reports and allowances were made." Evidence will be offered in this case to show that Russian prisoners of war were used on an extensive scale in the W industries.
At page 129 I offer Document NO-385. I beg your pardon - this document has already been offered into evidence and will not be offered again. Its exhibit number is 54, and was offered in Document Book III at page 43 of that book. Exhibit 54 in Document Book No. III.
At page 131 appears Document 331. I do not propose to offer this document in evidence.
At page 133 I offer Document NO-1958 as Prosecution Exhibit 320. This is a letter from Liebehenschel, who at that time was the Inspector of Concentration Camps, to the commanding officer of Buchenwald, and reads: "The Chief of the Security Police and of SD, Heydrich, has agreed to the transfer of 138 Soviet prisoners of war whose names were submitted to us for work in the quarry of the Mauthausen concentration camp."
Document NO-500 at page 134 has already been offered in evidence, and that is Exhibit 55 in Book III. At page 45, Exhibit 55 in Book III.
At page 135 Document 1215 has already been offered in evidence. It is Exhibit 57 in Book III at page 55 of that book. Exhibit 57 in Book III.
The next document is NO-569, and I offer this as Exhibit 321. This is a letter dated 17 March 1942, and is a record of a correspondence in Saur's office regarding the transfer of armament production to concentration camps, and giving the number of inmates used there.
DR. SEIDL: This document has already been submitted.
MR. ROBBINS: Has it?
Dr. Seidl tells me that this document is also included in Book II, NO-569. However, I do not see it. Do you have the exhibit number?
For the time being I should like to reserve - I should like to go ahead and offer this in evidence. The Clerk has the photostats there. I can not find from my record that it has been offered previously. As Exhibit 321, the next document is Document 421, which I offer as Exhibit 322. This is at page 139 and it is dated 17 March 1942; is a memorandum referring to certain plans to transfer inmates from Neuengamme to a certain private firm, Franke Works, in Berlin, for the manufacture of munitions.
Two hundred-fifty to three hundred Russian PW's were employed there. I can not make out the signature on this document. It is addressed to Dr. Schieber.
At page 140 I offer Document NO-505 as Exhibit 323. This is a teletype dated 2d of April 1942 from Gluecks to Himmler referred to the rerection of four barracks started in Buchenwald. He says that "300 prisoners will be used for manufacturing carbines... 500 for small ammunition and pistols." He reports on the conference with the representatives of the Speer Ministry regarding the manufacture in the Neuengamme concentration camp: "...300 to 400 prisoners".. will be used... "in three shifts."
I next offer Document 596 at page 142 as Document 324 - Exhibit 324. This is a letter from the defendant Pohl to Himmler dated 8 April 1942, reporting on preparations made for the construction of a Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben.
"The WVHA," he states, "manages the construction and has set up barracks for guards and concentration camp inmates."
This completes Document Book XI.
JUDGE PHILLIPS: Mr. Robbins, as a matter of informa tion, whatever became of Gluecks?
MR. ROBBINS: I am sorry, I can not state that at the moment. Mr. McHaney, I think, made some reference to that in his opening statement.
JUDGE PHILLIPS: He did, and I was trying to recall what it was.
MR. ROBBINS: I just do not remember.
I turn to Document Book No. XII, which is also concerned with slave labor. The first document in Book XII has already been introduced in evidence. That is Document NO-1284. It is Exhibit 114 in Book IV at page 110 of that book.
I next offer Document 604 on page 2 of Book XII as Exhibit 325. This is a letter from the chief of Amt II, Liebehenschel - the document, rather. The stencil indicates that the signature is illegible but I have determined that it was signed by Liebehenschel and is addressed to the commanding officers of various concentration camps, concerning the assignment of clergymen to work. It states that the "transfer to Dachau for labor assignments in the medicinal-herb gardens will be ordered" for certain priests.
The previous letter has already ordered that Polish and Lithuanian priests are to do work of all kinds but the German, Dutch, and Norwegian clergymen are to be worked in gardens.
On Page 3 I offer Document NO-1552 as Exhibit 326. This is also a letter from Gluecks to the commanders of various concentration camps, dated 16 March 1944, concerning the assignment of clergymen. It states that "under no circumstances may clergymen be employed as clerks in the protective custody camps or in the camp headquarters or in any other SS office (SS works, pay office, camp administration, political department, post office, registration office, infirmary, crematorium, etc.). Clergymen who were up to the present employed on work as described above are to be relieved at once."
On Page 4 I offer Document NO-602 as Prosecution Exhibit 327. This is a letter from Maurer, who was at that time chief of Amtsgruppe D-II, to the labor allocation headquarters of various concentration camps, and it directs that inmates employed in agricultural labor who up to that time have been classed as unskilled laborers are hereafter to be carried in the reports as agricultural laborers.
The next document on Page 5, NO-1215, has already been offered in evidence. It is Exhibit 56 contained in Book 3 at Page 55 - Exhibit 57 in Book 3. The next document is NO-598 at Page 7 of Document Book 12 and will be Exhibit 328. This is a letter from Himmler to Pohl, dated 7 July 1942, and the second part of the document is Pohl's reply of 8 July.
I should like to read the first paragraph of Himmler's letter to Pohl. It says, "I had an opportunity today to talk with SS-Brigadefuehrer Dr. Schieber. He was very satisfied with the total development of our concentration camps. To these questions, still a few remarks:
"1. Buchenwald is clear. Indeed, a plant will be set up there for the production of 55,000 carbines and be put in operation as soon as possible. Parallel to it runs the production of 10,000 carbines at present, to be increased later to 20,000.
"2. I have come to the decision to take Neuengamme as location for the plant, notwithstanding the danger of air raids in the vicinity of Hamburg.
Pistol 08 shall be manufactured there."
The next paragraph refers to camouflage of those works. He states in paragraph 4 that in Auschwitz the 3.7 anti-aircraft guns shall be produced on a large scale. As I stated, the latter part of this document is Pohl's reply and states that the erection of a plant at Neuengamme has been started and that Juettner has negotiated with Speer and Werlin regarding the matter.
I should like to reserve Exhibit Number 329 for Document 3032. It is not in the English document book, and I shall not offer it at this time. On page 11 I offer Document 2175 as Prosecution Exhibit 330. This is a letter from Kammler, Amtgruppe C, to the DAW in Dachau, referring to the dispatch of inmates, and enclosing a questionnaire. It refers to the fact that forty-two prisoners are requested from this administration for the office there for the loading of the wood located at the yard station.
DR. SEIDL: Dr. Seidl for the defendant Pohl. May it please the Court, the document which is now to be submitted is not in our document book. It is contained in the index, it is true, but there is nothing where it should give the page number, and that shows that the document should not be submitted at this point. Nor is the next document contained in our book. It is again listed in the index; however, by mistake it may be the document has not been added to our document book. I would ask the prosecution to submit the document only when the defense has obtained their copy in good time.
THE PRESIDENT: During the short recess which the Court is about to take you can examine this, Mr. Robbins, and see whether the doctor's statement is true. Court will now be in recess.
THE MARSHAL: This Tribunal is in recess fifteen minutes.
(A recess was taken.)
THE MARSHAL: Tribunal 2 is again in session.
MR. ROBBINS: Dr. Seidl was correct, if Your Honor please. They do not know of Document NO-2175 in German. I should like then to offer it provisionally and we will furnish a copy later.
The same is true of Document NO-2128, page 12, which I should like to assign Exhibit No. 331 and offer conditionally. I should like, however, to read a part of this document because it explains the organizational set-up of the SS Economic Administrators who were assigned to the higher SS and police leaders in the East and in the occupied territories. This is a letter signed by the defendant Pohl, and the first part of it deals with budgets - first in paragraph 1 he says:
"SS Economic Administrators will be appointed for the following Senior SS and Police leaders, as from 1 August 1942 --
"For the Senior SS and Police Leader Ostland, Middle Russia, Southern Russia, East, North, and Serbia.
"The SS Economic Administrator signs as:
"The Senior SS and Police Leader "The SS Economic Administrator "Rank "The SS Economic Administrator is competent for all economic and administrative matters pertaining to SS offices and SS units within the sphere of the above mentioned Senior SS and Police leaders.
Excepted from this rule are the SS units subordinate to the Wehrmacht.
"The SS Economic Administrator has the following duties:
"1. Budget.
"a) Reich:
"In accordance with Paragraph 19, Clause 2, of the economic regulations for the Reich authorities, I appoint the SS Economic Administrator of the Senior SS and Police leaders as specialists for budgetary matters. SS Economic Administrators take full responsibility for the most economical management of all funds.
"b) Party:
"With regard to the use of Party funds, the SS Economic Admini strators are authorized to make payments in accordance with the following regulations."
And then four separate regulations are cited.
"c) Economy:
"The SS Economic and Administrative Main Office is responsible for making available funds to economic enterprises not administered by the Reich.
"2. Cash and Accounting.
"a) Provision of Funds:
"Field pay offices are to be established for the Senior SS and Police leaders insofar as this has not been done yet, taking into consideration the administrative bulletin for the Waffen-SS 1940, No. 6, paragraph 39. They have to provide currently the administrative offices within their district (account-rendering offices) with funds. The Field Pay office forwards the funds to the administrative offices in accordance with the directive of the Waffen-SS 1940, No. 11, paragraph 278.
"b) Bookkeeping and Settlement:
"For the bookkeeping of the administrative and payment offices applies paragraph 1, No. 2 of the administrative bulletin for the WaffenSS 1940."
And the remainder of that paragraph consists merely of bookkeeping details and the same is true of "c", which concerns bank and post office accounts and postal matters.
"e) Payment:
"Peace and wartime pay for members of the SS are in principle paid at home. Changes which affect the amount of peacetime or wartime pay are to be reported immediately by the administrative offices to the fiscal department. Applications for emergency relief, allowances, advance on pay interest free, annulment of excess pay, are to be sent to the peacetime and wartime pay offices through the SS Economic Administrator. The salaries and wages for employees and workers from the Reich are paid by the fiscal department of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office, the WVHA.
Special payment for operational duty is paid by the competent local administrative office. Employees and workers who receive their wages from the Economic Offices are to be excepted. Salaries and wages for indigenous German employees and workers, who resided in the occupied territories at the beginning of the occupation, will paid by the respective administrative office.
"f) The SS WVHA reserves the right to grant permission and make decisions in regard to traveling expenses, expenses incurred through change of residence and separation allowances, for which normally the highest Reich authorities are competent."
And then paragraph 3 deals with legal matters which come under the WVHA and the SS Economic Administrator. Sub-paragraph f under that number provides that:
"Complaints against decisions of the SS Economic Administrator, the conducting of lawsuits and all matters dealing with acquisition of real estate will fall under the jurisdiction of the WVHA."