English Translation

- 4 89 When I ask whether I have sold items of use only on the basis of personal knowledge without other valid reasons, I state that I cannot remember details. The issue of delivery notes without mentioning names and addresses is sometimes. For reasons of administrative savings, the warehouse managers were able to collect directly in individual cases, as far as smaller amounts were concerned, which is why the name and address of the buyer was omitted. On the other hand, I used this procedure for purchases by my staff members, in order not to give the impression that these were the biggest customers. I admit that this instruction was senseless by me and can easily give a false impression. Lieutenant T a r g a t s c h is in Berlin, with regard to his apartment as well as his business, totally, bomb-damaged, which in this special case I had no doubts about having him acquire via the normal measure furnishings. I can remember that T a r g a t s c h, at the time when 44 senior group leader D a l u e g e was in Prague, made an application for the execution of objects, which I submitted for the decision and which, to my knowledge, was also approved. As to the information of the lieutenant T a r g a t s c h about the meeting in the summer of 1943 about the delivery notes issued without names and addresses, I state that various higher 4 and police leaders had approached the 4 Oberstgruppenführer in order to acquire furnishings. As far as I can overlook this, they were bombed out. I proposed to the General himself not to reveal the names of these personalities in order to prevent their purchases from becoming widely known. The General Superior approved my proposal. I cannot remember exactly for which circle of persons this authorization was given at the time, but I am convinced that I will be covered by it, otherwise I would not have given such instructions. I gave the informal instructions to the sellers for the observance of objects partly in writing, partly in the distance. In particularly urgent cases, in which no written requests were available, or which were sent to me by other - also superior-services, I gave the instruction for the sake of simplicity even without written request. If the purchases of these persons did not exceed substantially L0Ö.- RM, took place in the Lägern cash payment without determination of the buyer. The payment of the rent and guarantee grants as well as the representation fees paid to me were approved by iOberstgruppenführer D a l u e g e. Regarding the service housing for my staff members, I have to note the following: Säntl. Men lived in the hotel at that time.They were accommodated there when the staff were set up by the castle administration. When the staff then had their own funds, it was demanded that the hotel expenses should be paid out of their own resources. As these expenses were too high for me in the long run, I set up for the corresponding number of staff members of service dwellings. This process was also approved. On the question raised by Lieutenant T a r g a t s c h the legality of the rent subsidies granted, I cannot express myself in detail at the moment, since I can no longer remember on the connections. ./.