the same page, your Honors:
"137 trucks full of clothes, made available in connection with the campaign against Jews at Shitomir and Kiev, were put at the disposal of the National Socialist People's Welfare Organization - NSV - for further disposal. The greater part of these articles, after necessary disinfection, were distributed among German nationals. From this stock a field-hospital of the Waffen-SS, among others, was also able to meet its requirements of woolen blankets etc." Report No. Ill, Document Book 2a, page 44 of the English, page 40 of the German, Document No-3155, Prosecution Exhibit 38 -- it is on page 2 of the translation, the third paragraph from the bottom of the page:
"In the period between 7 September and 5 October, 207 political officials, 112 saboteurs and looters as well as 8,800 Jews were liquidated by Einsatzkommando 5.
"Special Kommando 4b, in the period between 13 and 26 September, executed 103 political officials, 9 saboteurs and looters and 125 Jews.
"Einsatzkommando 6, in the period between 14 and 27 September, executed 13 political officials, 32 looters and saboteurs as well as 26 Jews." under the defendant Rasch took part in the killings of thousands of people. As to Rasch's responsibility for killings carried out by Einsatzgruppe B, where he was in command at least from 29 October to 5 November 1941, it is sufficient to compare Operational Situation Report No. 125, which is in Document Book II-B, page 42 of the English, page 39 of the German, Document 3403, Prosecution Exhibit 63, with another Operational Situation Report in evidence -- Operational Situation Report No. 133, in the same Document Book II-B, on page 15 of the English.
The document starts on page 10 of the German, Document NO-2825, Prosecution Exhibit 59. The first report, No. 125, which is on page 42 of the English, 39 of the German, which is dated 26 October 1941, lists on page 2 of the translation the execution total of Einsatzgruppe B, as 37,180 persons.
The report No. 133 which is on page 15, 13 of the German, which is dated on the 14 November 1941--it is on page 15 of the document book, 45,407 executed by the same unit. In this number of persons killed by Sonderkommando 4-B, Einsatzkommando 9 and Vorkommando Moscow which belonged to Einsatzgruppe B were not in 2-B. Nevertheless, the increase shown in this period between 26 October and 14 November is 8,273. As Rasch was in charge of Einsatzgruppe B at least from 29 October-5 November, he is in charge and responsible for this. by affidavits of some of his co-defendants. I refer to Document Book III-A, page 10 of the English, page 17 of the German, your Honors. Document NO-3872, prosecution Exhibit 110. This is an affidavit of the defendant Sandberger dated on the 19th of November, 1945. This document lists Rasch under paragraph 5-B as responsible for the persecution of Jews in the Ukraine. No. I on page 97 of the English, 134 of the German, Document NO-3644, prosecution Exhibit 26 reveals that Rasch informed Schulz in Lemberg that Jewish officials and other inhabitants of this town were alledgedly guilty of murder. 2,500 to 3,000 persons were arrested and most of them were killed. It was Rasch who informed Schulz that according to an order of the Fuehrer not only guilty but also strongly suspected persons were to be shot as a so-called reprisal. Einsatzkommando 6, he was personally present at the executions. Schulz was ordered to take part in the execution by Einsatzkommando 5 and it was Rasch who handed down the order to Schulz that all Jews were to be shot. Exceptions were to be made only in cases where the Jews were necessary for forced labor. Rasch also ordered that Jewish women and children were eventually to be shot, together with the male Jewish population so that no avengers could survive.
Document Book III-C on page 60 of the English, page 98 of the German, Document NO-3341 which I offer as prosecution Exhibit No. 130. In this document, Schulz in paragraph 6, the second to the last paragraph on page 2 of the document, your Honors, it states that Rasch distinguished himself by extraordinary ruthlessness. He also ordered that the commanders of the individual units of Einsatzgruppe C should personally take part in the killings. on page 129 of the English and 159 of the German, prosecution Exhibit 31, document NO-3824 - and I am referring to paragraph 3, 6 and 7, 8 and 9 of the document--it states that when Blobel joined Einsatzgruppe C as chief of Sonderkommando 4-A in June 1941, Rasch was in charge of Einsatzgruppe C. That is in paragraph 5. Rasch was personally present during the execution of 700 to a thousand persons near Korosta which took place in August or September, 1941. book, your Honors, Blobel's unit which was one of the units of Einsatzgruppe C and was directly under the command of the defendant Rasch, also killed women and children. In September or October, 1941, Blobel received from Einsatzgruppe C a gas wagon and one execution was carried out by using this gas wagon. At the end of September 1941, the group staff of Einsatzgruppe C participated in the mass execution of Jews in Kiev. When Blobel was ill, Rasch or Radetski replaced him and Blobel knows that during that time executions were carried out. on the 1st of September, 1939, a member of an organization declared to be criminal by the International Military Tribunal, namely the SS, the Gestapo, and the SD. I refer to document book III-C, page 3 of the English, and the German, and offer Rasch's SS personnel file, Document NO-3253 as prosecution Exhibit 131. This document proves that Rasch was a member of the SS and the SD from 1936 on.
in the American army, and in the SS he was a leader of the regional area of Fulda Werra from the 1st February 1939 on. And rose to the rank of inspector of the Sipo and SD Security Police and Security Service which is a high ranking position in the Gestapo too. In the Gestapo he was attached as Brigadier General of the police to the Gestapo Koenigsberg from the 1st of December 1940 on.
Page 8 of the document book, your Honor. He received a high SS decoration--the death head and the sword of honor. Membership in Criminal organization is also proved by his own affidavit to which I have already referred. That is in Document Book III- C, page 1, prosecution Exhibit 1 to 9, document NO-4749. Sonderkommando 4-A, the case of the defendant Blobel. I refer to Document Book I, page 130 of the English, 159 of the German. This document is NO-3824, prosecution Exhibit 31, an affidavit of the defendant Blobel dated 6 June, 1947. In this affidavit, the defendant Blobel states that he was commander of Sonderkommando 4-A from June 1941 to January 1942. It was Blobel and Sonderkommando 4-A who exterminated approximately 35,000 Jews in Kiev on the 29th and 30th of September 1941.
Operational situation report No. 106, which is in Document Book No. I, page 118 of the English, 149 of the German, Document NO-3140, prosecution Exhibit 30, shows that Blobel arrived at Kiev -- and this is on page 3 of the document, paragraph 2 under the heading of I--Kiev.
Blobel arrived at Kiev already in the 21st of September. I would like to correct no error which appears in the English translation. In the document, the name of Blobel is not written out but your Honors will find on top of the document in a later sheet referring to this particular sentence and there it is shown that the name of Blobel appears in the original document. 21st of September.
II-C on page 21 of the English, page 23 of the German, Document NO-2830, prosecution Exhibit 72, about the location Sonderkommando 4-A under Blobel on the 4th of November, 1941, Rasch discloses that he personally was in command of the Kiev action. Book I, page 118 of the English, 149 of the German. This is Document NO-3140, prosecution Exhibit 30. I quote from page 124 of the document book, page 155 of the German.
Partly because of the better economic situation of the Jews under the Bolschevist regime and their activities as informers and agents of the NKWD, partly because of the explosions and the resulting fires, the public feeling against the Jews was very strong. As an added factor it was proven that the Jews participated in the arson. The population expected adequate retaliatory measures by the German authorities. Consequently all Jews of Kiew were requested, in agreement with the city commander, to appear on Monday, 29 September until 8 o'clock at a designated place. These announcements were posted by members of the Ukrainian militia in the entire city. Simultaneously it was announced orally that all Jews were to be moved. In collaboration with the Gruppen staff and 2 Kommandos of the police regiment South the Sonderkommando 4a executed on 29 and 30 September 33771 Jews. Money, valuables, underwears and clothing were secured and placed partly at the disposal of the (Nazi Party Public Welfare Organization) NSV for use of the racial Germans, partly given to the city administration authorities for use of the needy population. The transaction was carried out without friction. No incidents occurred. The "Resettlement measure" against the Jews was throughout approved by the population. The fact that in reality the Jews were liquidated, was hardly known until now, according to up - to - date experiences it would however hardly been objected to. The measures were also approved by the Wehrmacht. The Jews who were not yet apprehended as well as those who gradually returned from their flight again to the city were in each case treated accordingly. Simultaneously a number of NKWD officials, political commissars and partisan leaders were arrested and liquidated." I skip the next three paragraphs and quote from the last paragraph on page 10, page 156 of the German under the heading-it is ten of the document, your Honors.
After the confinement of the Jews to a restricted area which had been carried out by the Feldkommandantur following a suggestion of the Sonderkommando 4a, a considerable calm was noticed, e.g. at the markets and so forth. Simultaneously a number of until new persistent rumors died down and it seemed as if also a communist propaganda had lost much ground through the confinement of the Jews. It appeared however already after a few days that a mere spatial confinement of the Jews without construction of a Ghetto was not sufficient. and that the old troubles started again. Complaints were received in many offices about the insolent attitude of Jews on their working places. It was established that the Jewish district was the origin of an active propaganda among Ukrainians saying that the red army would soon reconquer the territories taken from it. The local militia was shot at from ambush at night and also at day. It was further found out that Jews exchanged their belongings for money and left the town in order to settle in the Western Ukraine - that is, in territories already under a civil administration. All these facts were observed, the Jews in question however could only be arrested in very few cases, as they had sufficient means to escape apprehension. Therefore a conference on this matter took place on 18 September 1941 with the Feldkommandantur, in which it was decided to liquidate the Jews of Shitomir completely and radically, as all warnings and special measures had been up - to - date unsuccessful: On 19 September 1941 the Jewish district was evacuated starting at 4 o' clock in the morning, after having been surrounded and closed the evening before by 60 men of the Ucranian militia. The transportation was carried out by 12 trucks which had been place at the disposal partly by the Feldkommandantur, resp. the city administration of Shitomir. After the transport had been carried out and the necessary preparations had been done with the help of 150 prisoners a total of 5145 Jews were registered and executed.
50.000 - 60.000 Pds of underwear, clothing, shoewear, cooking ustensils and so forth could he transferred for use to the deputy of the NSV in Shitomir, BOSS. Confiscated valuables and money were transferred to the Sonderkommando 4a." of the German: Exhibit 73, NO-3151, which is operational situation report No. 86 dated 17 September 1941, this report reveals that already before the murder of the Jews in Shitomir up to the 17th of Sept. in 1941, Sonderkommando 4-A had exterminated 6,584 persons described in the report as Bolshevists, Jews and asocial elements. on page 23, the document starts on 23 in the German, Document NO-2836, prosecution Exhibit 72, second paragraph from the bottom from page 23, proves that on the 12th of November, 1941, of the activity of approximately four-and-a-half to five months, and I quote:
"A number of executions carried out by Sonderkommando 4-A meanwhile increased to 55,432." 4-A. I would like to refer further to page 5 of the same document which I have already quoted when discussing the responsibility of the defendant Rasch. This entry proves that a platoon of Sonderkommando 4-A executed 1,365 Jews, Communists and saboteurs. "In Kiev, Sonderkommando 4-A regularly carried out interrogations and arrests which in most cases led to executions. Here almost without exception we were concerned with active communists who had worked for the communist party. It is worth mentioning that in several cases by way of incriminating statements made by witnesses, communists could be arrested who had just been released from prisoner-of-war camps because they had stated that they had never taken any active part in politics before.
One of them had been a functionary of the communist party since 1925. Another one had been a member of the party for 15 years and had served as a politruk in the Soviet army. English, 61 of the German, Document 3405, prosecution Exhibit 42. This document reveals the details of the activities of Einsatzkommando 4-A in a time when Blobel was in command. I quote from page *9 of the English translation, second paragraph from the "bottom of the page. It is page 65 of the document book, 69 in the German, under the heading of: Line 27 onwards: the Jewish population had been requested by means of posters to report on the previous day. Altogether 1,538 Jews were shot. Their clothing was handed over to the mayor if Poltawa, who gave special priority to ethnic Germans when distributing it.
This documentary evidence is corroborated by Blobel's own affidavit and by affidavits of his co-defendant Steinle and Radetzki. I refer to Document Book I, page 130 of the English, 159 of the German. The quote is on 161 of the German, Document NO-3824, prosecution Exhibit 31. This is an affidavit of the defendant Blobel dated 6 June 1947. He admits that Sonderkommando 4-A under his command carried out several executions of communists, saboteurs, Jews and other undesirable elements. executed but presumes that approximately 10 to 15 thousand were executed under the collaboration of Sonderkommando 4-A. He himself does not claim that this number is even approximately correct and the evidence which I have just referred to and other documents before the Tribunal manifestly prove that the number of the victims of Sonderkommando 4-A during the time when Blobel was in command was approximately 60,000.
In the same affidavit, Blobel admits that not only men but also women and children were shot by Sonderkomnando 4-A when he was in command. C which was, as he says, then under Rasch. One execution was carried out by means of this gas van. He admits in paragraph B of the affidavit that Sonderkonmando 4-A participated together with the group staff of Einsatzgruppe C in the Kiev massacre but stated that the number of the victims given in the various reports is 33,771 is too high and claims that only approximately half as many persons were killed. some of the killings and he Was often absent from his unit for reasons of health. During the time of his absence, either Rash or Radetzki were in command of Sonderkommando 4-A and some executions were carried out under the command of these two defendants. an affidavit of the defendant Radetzki which I offer into evidence as prosecution Exhibit 132. On 27 of the German, I refer to page 21 of the document book, in this affidavit Radetzki declares that he was officially informed of the fact that Sonderkommando 4-A participated in execution and that Blobel ordered the execution. The affidavit of the defendant Steimle which is in Document Book III-B on page 39 of the English, 64 of the German, Document NO-3842, prosecution Exhibit 119, reveals on page 40 of the document book, the shooting of Jews and other atrocities were carried out in the Ukraine by Blobel. blatant and unmitigated rogue, There is conclusive evidence that the persons connected with Einsatzgruppen were well aware of the criminal nature of this activity Gruppenfuehrer Mueller, the chief of Amt 4 of the RSHA, which was the head of the Gestapo, assigned to the defendant Blobel in June 1942 the task to remove the traces of evidence of the mass killings by the Einsatzgruppen by burning all the corpses of the victims of these units.
Document NO-3947. That is on page 22 of the German - an affidavit of the defendant Blobel which I offer into evidence as prosecution Exhibit 133, Your Honors.
DR. HEIM: Dr. Heim for the defendant Blobel. Your Honor, I object to the submission of this Document NO-3947. It is an affidavit of the defendant Blobel of the 18th of June, 1942. I object to this because this document is irrelevant to the evidence. The affidavit of the defendant Blobel related to his activity after he was active as a leader of the Einsatzgruppe E, of the burnings of the corpses of the mass graves in the East; neither in the opening speech nor in the speech by the prosecution did the prosecution refer to this. This is a completely new point of view which is not liable to punishment because this refers to the burning of corpses which were not executed by the defendant Blobel.
THE PRESIDENT: The prosecution is not restricted to what is mentioned in the opening statement. The purpose of the opening statement is merely to acquaint the Tribunal and the office at side with the general nature of the evidence which will be presented so it doesn't matter that it was not mentioned in the opening statement. It would be impossible in the opening statement to include all items of proof and any evidence which refers to a defendant whether it specifically points out some item in the indictment or not is relevant. The objection is overruled.
MR HORLICK_HOCHWALD: I offer this document NO-3947 as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 133, Your Honor. In this affidavit Blobel admits that he received this assignment from Mueller. He also stated that he went in June 1943 to Kiev, and was present at the burning corpses and destruction of the mass graves, he was not in a position to carry out this task as the German troops had to retreat and to abandon the area in which the mass graves were l ocated, and, in this affidavit Blobel corroborates that statement of the camp commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Hoess. English, page 25 of the German, as Document NO-4498, and I offer it as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 134.
DR. HEIM: Dr. Heim for the defendant Blobel. Your Honor, I object to the introduction of this affidavit of this evidence. It is not an affidavit which is either sworn to nor certified to, nor signed by any Allied Officer, I point out that this document had already been introduced before in case 4 by the Prosecution, and on that occasion, on my intervention, this document was not admitted in evidence by the Tribunal.
THE PRESIDENT: Where was this document obtained?
MR. HORLICK*HOCHWALD: Your Honor, sofar as I do know this is a deposition of Hoess who was condemned to death by the Polish War Crimes Court before the Polish judge, but sofar as I do recall, I am not sure, but I can make certain this document or at least a part of this document was admitted in evidence in the Pohl case, but I am not certain.
DR. HEIM: Your Honor, at the time in the Pohl case, just in regard to the defense of the defendant Blobel, I objected to this document, and this document was refused.
THE PRESIDENT: We will admit the document only provisionally, and Dr. Heim will be permitted to renew his objection when his client takes the stand.
MR. HORLICK-HOCHWALD: Yes. I further would like to offer a document in corroboration of this proof, and I turn to Document Book III-C, page 19, Your Honor, Document NO-4467, which I offer as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 135. It is on page 26 of the German. This is a corroborative report of one SS-Untersturmbannfuehrer Jackel, which refers to the same subject of which the gentleman has been soeaking. The affidavit of the defendant Schulz. This is in Document Book III-C, on page 60 of the English, page 98 of the German, and Document NO-3841. It was admitted in evidence as Prosecution's Exhibit No.130 It states that Blobel had the task of removing traces of mass graves of killed persons. Blobel's membership in the SS and the SD is proved by his personnel record, Which is in Document Book III-C which is on page 11 of he English, and page 1? of the German, Document NO-3197which I offer as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 136, This document shows that he entered the SS and SD in 1935.
DR. HEIM: (for defendant Blobel.) Your Honor, I object to the introduction of this document in this form. You can not sec from the copy what is being printed, or what was later written inhandwriting and - or on the typewritten, and the Tribunal may easily get the Impression that, for example, that the defendant Blobel is holder of the blood badge. In the middle of the document it says "blood bagde" and it can not be gathered from this whether the word "blood badge" is printed in there, or whether the word was later put in there.
THE PRESIDENT: Would you not on comparison with the photostatic copy resolve that question?
DR. HEIM: Your Honor, yes, it would, but in the courtroom it is not known what was actually put in by hand on the copy, what Blobel said, what position he held, and what actually was printed in that form. For example it is printed, "Decoration blood badge. Gold party Badge." You could get the impression that Blobel, certainly held all of these decorations, Sofar as I can see, the Prosecution would have to make a special remark -- a written remark about this.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, solong as the document before us is a copy of what appears in the original document, it does not matter what impression is gathered from it. The impression will have to be whatever logic compels. Your objection can only go to whether the document is relevant, whether it is authentic, and, whether it is true fascimile of the original. You have the opportunity to see the original Dr. Heim.
DR. HEIM: Yes, Your Honor, I know that the decorations are held by him, and what he did not hold, in these forms certain decorations were merely printed in there, and the possession of these decorations were latter written in, but in the copy the Tribunal can not see what was this form, which decorations were printed in there and which actually applied to Blobel, and which did not apply to him. I personally know the original has not.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you have the opportunity to tell us when Blobel takes the stand.
MR. HORWICK-HOCHWALD: May I draw the attention of the Tribunal to the fact that why it is completely immaterial as there is a sign on the photostatic copy which Dr. Heim obviously overlooked, which shows exactly what kind of decoration Blobel received.
THE PRESIDENT: Very well, proceed.
MR. HORLICK-HOCHWALD: I then offer Document NO-3197 as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 136. This document shows that Blobel entered the SS and SD in 1935, and in the SS he rose the rank of Standartenfuehrer (Colonel), on 30 January 1941, and was a Fuehrer in the Hauptamt, head of the Office of the SD. He received this promotion as his personnel service record and corroborated by Blobel's own affidavit, which is to be found in Document Book 1, page 129 of the English, and page 159 of the German, which is Prosecution's exhibit No. 31, Document NO-3824, in which is shown the responsibility of the defendant Radetski, who was also an officer in the Sonderkommando 4-A. He admits in his affidavit, which is in Document Book III-C, on page 20 of the English, and page 20 of the German, which was admitted in evidence as Prosecution's Exhibit No. 132, Document NO-4438, that he was a member of Sonderkommando 4-A from June 1941 to December 1942 and he admits having been in June and July 1941 in Group Ludzk, Groskow and Shitomir, in Ludzk he says he was with the Teilkommando a sub-unit of Sonderkommando 4-A; from December 1941 to March 1942 he allegedly was on leave and returned to Charkow as commander of Sonderkommando 4-A, in March, at Charkow.
He said further in this affidavit that he had official knowledge of Sonderkommando 4-A took part in a number of executions within the area assigned, and that Standartenfuehrer Blobel ordered executions. English, and page 47 of the German, document NO-4765, which I offer as Prosecution's exhibit No. 137. This is an affidavit of Gustav Kraege, dated 21 August 1947, Kraege himself was a member of Sonderkommando 4-A, in a partcommando -- that is a Teil-Kommando Sonderkommando 4-A arrived in Ludzk on 28 June, and that SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Kadetzki was the highest ranking officer in this advance; this, of course, applied to nothing else but that he was the commander under Radetzki, and I would like to quote from para- 3 of the document, page 30: "During my service with Einsatzkommando 4-A, I took part in the march of the unit from Schmiedebot to Russia. We arrived at Cracow on the 25th or 26th of June where we stayed for only one night.
Some days latter we reached the former Russian frontier in Sokal, where the Kommando was held back for several hours due to attacks from the air. In Sokal a Vorkommando was formed consisting of 20 to 25 men, among whom I was myself, and was given orders to proceed to Ludzk, and to prepare quarters there for the remainder of the Kommando. We arrived at Ludzk on 28 June. After having been billeted in a bank building the Vorkommando was sub-divided in smaller groups with orders to pry open strong boxes in various buildings, and to seize documents. Part of the Vorkommando consisting of Waffen-SS and interrogators remained in the billets. The Vorkommando was headed by three leaders, namely, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Waldemar von Radetzki and two Obersturmfuehrer whose names I do not know any more. I remember that one evening a conference was held during our stay at Ludzk, in the course of which Waldemar von Radetzki, as senior leader, gave orders to the assembled subleaders to seize documents, and other important material from certain buildings, At that time I had the impression that Radetzki was the head of the Vorkammando, although he had never been pointed out to me as such. Radetzki questioned Ukrainians from among whom he selected several to cooperate with the Sonderkommando 4-A, The main part of the Kommando arrived at Ludzk in early July. I did not witness any executions during our stay at Ludzk. But when we were putting the documents of the office in order some days later in Rovno, a number of about 20 reports and records of interrogations came to my hands from which I learned that people had been executed in Ludzk and Sokal."
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Hochwald, might this be a convenient time to take the afternoon recess.
MR. HORLICK-HOCHWALD: Yes, Your Honor.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will be in recess for fifteen minutes.
THE MARSHAL: The Tribunal will recess fifteen minutes.
(recess)
THE MARSHAL: The Tribunal is again in session.
DR. KOESSL: Dr. Koessl for the Defendants Ott and Schubert. as Exhibit No. 134. The question of the admissibility of this document interests all the defense counsel. As this document is obviously inadmissible. The affidavit of Rudolf Hoess is not sworn to. If it had been sworn to it could not be submitted because he is not alive any longer and therefore he cannot be corss-examined.
THE PRESIDENT: Is this the one that Dr. Heim spoke of?
DR. KOESSL: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we have already ruled on that.
DR. KOESSL: In my opinion Dr. Heim did not raise the question of the admissibility of this document.
THE PRESIDENT: Whatever question he raised the Tribunal said that we would admit it only provisionally in order to retain its continuity and then you will have the privilege of attacking it on any point when your case comes up.
MR. HORLICK-HOCHWALD: If your Honors please, before the recess I referred just to the responsibility of Radetzky in connection with the activities of an advance commando in Ludzk. I only want to refer in this connection to Document Book II-A, Page 76 of the English, 79 of the German, Prosecution Exhibit 44, NO_2938, which shows that an advance commando of Sonderkommando 4a arrived in Ludzk on the 27th of June. Your honors will remember that Kraege says in his affidavit that this advance commando arrived the 28th of June and that by this advance commando 300 Jews and 20 looters who had been arrested were shot on the 30th of June. 1160 Jews were shot as a reprisal for the death of 10 Germans on the 2nd of July. The report goes on, "Finally, it was possible to discover altogether 50 Polish agents and spies who were liquidated also." Thus Radetzky carries responsibility for the killing of 1460 Jews, 20 saboteurs and 50 Polish agents and spies. That Radetzky replaced Blobel when the latter was ill is confirmed by Blobel's own affidavit, Document Book No. I, Page 129 of the English, page 159 of the German, Document NO-3824, Prosecution's Exhibit 31.
Moreover, Radetzky, as I have already pointed out, admits himself that he had official knowledge of the fact that executions were carried out by Sonderkommando 4a. He admits having been in Rowno and Shitomir where mass killings were carried out. This is proved as to the town of Rowno by Operational Situation Report No. 19 which is in Document Book II-C on Page 46 of the English, 52 of the Germen, NO-2934, Prosecution Exhibit 78. This report states that Sonderkommando 4a had shot 240 Bolshevists and Jewish officials, and in respect to the activities of of the Sonderkommando 4a in Shitomir I want to refer to Document Book I, Page 127 of the English, 149 of the German, Document NO-3140, which is Prosecution Exhibit 30. This documents. proves that on the 19th of September, 1941, 3145 Jews were executed by Sonderkommando 4a. Radetzky further admits having joined Sonderkommando 4a after absence for illness in Charkov in March. 51 of the German. This is Document NO-3237 and will be Prosecution's Exhibit 138. Your Honors. This document proves that Einsatzgruppe C executed in Charkov 193 persons and 64 Jews. like to offer from Document Book III_C, Page 22 of the English, Page 30 of the German, Document NO_4771, which will be Prosecution's Exhibit 139. This document proves his membership in the SS from December 1939. his assignment to the Sonderkommando, Security Police and SD in May 1941, and his membership in the SD is proved by teletype which is on Page 8 of the document. These facts are also corroborated by the own affidavit on the defendant which is in Document Book III_C on Page 20 of the English, 27 of the German, Document 4438, which I have already introduced at Prosecution Exhibit 132, your Honors. responsibility of the Defendant Haensch. I refer to Document Book III-C on Page 20 of the English, 27 of the German, Document 4438, which I have already introduced as Prosecution Exhibit 132, your Honors.