PERCY ERNST SCHRAMM (Witness): Percy Ernst Schramm.
THE PRESIDENT: Will you repeat this oath after me: I swear by God—the Almighty and Omniscient—that I will speak the pure truth—and will withhold and add nothing.
[The witness repeated the oath in German.]
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down.
DR. JAHRREISS: Witness, were you working in the Armed Forces Operations Staff during the war?
SCHRAMM: Yes. From March 1943 onwards, I was working in the Armed Forces Operations Staff.
DR. JAHRREISS: Until the end?
SCHRAMM: Until the end—that is to say, the beginning of May 1945.
DR. JAHRREISS: What functions did you have in the Armed Forces Operations Staff?
SCHRAMM: During my entire time in the Armed Forces Operations Staff I kept the War Diary of that staff.