M. DEBENEST: Yes, from the Reichsführer?
WIMMER: I can only say that Brigadeführer Schöngarth reported the matter to me in that way. I was not there when he telephoned the Reichsführer SS.
M. DEBENEST: Very well. Didn’t you yourself take part in a meeting during which hostages were chosen?
WIMMER: A meeting?
M. DEBENEST: A meeting—a conference, if you prefer.
WIMMER: Yes.
M. DEBENEST: On what occasion?
WIMMER: I recall that in the Rotterdam case the Reich Commissioner had a conference with the Commissioners General, and the matter was reported.
M. DEBENEST: Were you present at the meeting with General Christiansen?
WIMMER: I cannot say with certainty; I believe I was.