THE PRESIDENT: Do any of the defendants’ counsel wish to ask any questions?
DR. LATERNSER: Witness, you have stated that in August 1941 . . .
THE PRESIDENT: Will you kindly announce your name for whom you appear.
DR. LATERNSER: Dr. Laternser, Defense Counsel for the General Staff and the OKW.
Witness, you have just stated that in August 1941 you were brought to captivity in the district of Uman. Do you know whether the Germans had taken many prisoners at that time?
KIVELISHA: Yes, I do know. About 100,000 prisoners were captured at that time.
DR. LATERNSER: Do you know whether German troops had advanced very rapidly into Russian territory at that time?
KIVELISHA: I cannot say anything about this. The German armies moved very rapidly, but before our units were surrounded we fought obstinately and we retreated, fighting, right up to 9 August.
DR. LATERNSER: How great was the number of prisoners in the column in which you marched?
KIVELISHA: Four thousand to five thousand persons.