DR. SERVATIUS: And who saw to it that the Geneva Convention was observed?
SAUCKEL: The general in charge of the Prisoners of War Organization and we ourselves, or the “Arbeitseinsatz” administration, adhered to the rules of the Geneva Convention and several times compiled a catalog of the types of work for which prisoners of war could be used. Also during my time, in 1943 and 1944, a special edition of this catalog was published, and it can be found in the so-called Blue Book.
DR. SERVATIUS: Have you known cases where prisoners of war were used contrary to the Geneva Convention?
SAUCKEL: Certain agreements were made with the French Government, as far as volunteers were concerned, and this applied to a certain extent to Eastern Workers.
DR. SERVATIUS: Who was responsible for the housing, feeding, and care of prisoners of war?
SAUCKEL: The offices of the general in charge of the Prisoners of War Organization were solely responsible.
DR. SERVATIUS: Is it known to you that millions of prisoners of war had perished by the time you had assumed office?
SAUCKEL: It had become known to me before I assumed office that a great number of prisoners of war perished in the so-called battles of encirclement in the East. These battles lasted a long time, and owing to our enormous transport difficulties we could not move the prisoners, and they were left on the battlefield in a state of utmost exhaustion. That is all I know about that.
DR. SERVATIUS: At the beginning of your activities you had to deal with prisoners of war, had you not? What did you find out at that time, or what did you do?
SAUCKEL: I found out that some of the Russian prisoners of war were terribly undernourished.