SCHACHT: One moment. He told me this either in 1934 or 1935, but not 1934 and 1935, and if he did tell me—well if Gisevius said so, I assume that it is true.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: It was then that you knew about the persecution of the churches and the destruction of the labor unions, wasn’t it?
SCHACHT: The destruction of the labor unions took place as early as May 1933.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: You knew all about that, didn’t you?
SCHACHT: I did not know everything, only what was generally known. I knew exactly what every other German knew about it and what the labor unions themselves knew.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: As a matter of fact, that was one of the reasons for the contributions by yourself and other industrialists to the Nazi Party, wasn’t it?
SCHACHT: Oh, no: oh, no. There was never any question of that.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: You mean that meetings of industrialists were held, and as important a thing to industry as the destruction of the labor unions was never mentioned in your conferences?
SCHACHT: I know nothing about it. Will you please remind me of something definite.
MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Confiscation of the properties; the putting of labor union leaders into concentration camps.