That is the arbitrary directive of that office which I did not know about.
DR. SERVATIUS: What do you understand by “extermination by labor”?
SAUCKEL: I heard that expression “extermination by labor” for the first time here in the courtroom. Such a concept was of necessity absolutely contrary to the interests which I stood for in my position.
DR. SERVATIUS: Did you have anything to do with the employment of concentration camp inmates?
SAUCKEL: I had nothing to do with the employment of concentration camp inmates, and I also told my colleagues that we would have nothing to do with the employment of that kind of labor. I had nothing to do with punitive measures of any kind.
DR. SERVATIUS: Who put the concentration camp inmates to work in the armament industries?
SAUCKEL: I cannot tell you that from personal knowledge because I had nothing to do with it, and I never participated in discussions dealing with this subject.
DR. SERVATIUS: It has been alleged here that you used the Nacht and Nebel Order to get workers to Germany.
SAUCKEL: I did not know the Nacht and Nebel Order. I only found out about it here. It had nothing to do with the allocation of labor and my duties.
DR. SERVATIUS: What about the employment of Jewish workers?