THE PRESIDENT: Very well. Will you read it into the record, General Rudenko?
GEN. RUDENKO: Yes, Sir. It is very short:
“Certificate Based on the Investigation Performed by the Polish Legal Authority.
“The High Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland certifies that the so-called Bloody Sunday in the town of Bromberg took place on 3 September 1939, that is to say, 3 days after the time when Poland was subjected to the German attack.
“On 3 September 1939, at 1015 in the morning, German Fifth Columnists attacked Polish troop units retreating from Bromberg. During the fighting 238 Polish soldiers and 223 German Fifth Columnists were killed. As a consequence of the events after the entrance of the German troops into the town of Bromberg, they began mass executions, arrests, and deportations of Polish citizens to concentration camps, which were performed by the German authorities, the SS, and the Gestapo. There were 10,500 murdered, and 13,000 exterminated in the camps.
“This certificate is an official document of the Polish Government and is submitted to the International Military Tribunal in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of 8 August 1945.
“Stefan Kurovsky, member of the High Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland.”
I should like to prove by this document that the events regarding which the Defendant Göring gave testimony happened after the attack by Germany on Poland.
GÖRING: I am not sure whether we are both referring to the same event.
GEN. RUDENKO: I am speaking about the events in the town of Bromberg. You spoke about them.