THE TRIBUNAL (Mr. Biddle): Now, the property of the Freemasons was confiscated under that decree. What other property, of what other groups, was confiscated in the Netherlands under that direction of the Führer? I do not mean individuals; I mean groups.
SEYSS-INQUART: At the moment I cannot think of any others, although there were a few other groups.
THE TRIBUNAL (Mr. Biddle): But, in effect—see if I state the practice correctly—the Police would decide that an individual or group of individuals, on account of their words or their actions, were enemies of the Reich, and then their property would be confiscated; is that right?
SEYSS-INQUART: Yes. And the decisive office at the time was that of Heydrich.
THE TRIBUNAL (Mr. Biddle): The decisive factor was Heydrich?
SEYSS-INQUART: And the Netherlands agencies carried through his decisions.
THE TRIBUNAL (Mr. Biddle): And you carried through Heydrich’s decisions; right?
SEYSS-INQUART: I carried through Heydrich’s decisions when it came to property rights. The association of Jehovah’s Witnesses belonged to those groups.
THE TRIBUNAL (Mr. Biddle): Oh, Jehovah’s Witnesses belonged to the group too?
SEYSS-INQUART: They were also among them.