Q. Witness, is it known to you that in the Jaegerstab they were often transferred from the construction sector of the Plenipotentiary for chemistry?
A. No. In any case, I don’t know that this was done to a considerable extent. It is possible that it also was said during my presence that the Plenipotentiary for chemical industry had too many workers in the construction sector and a few of them had to be transferred; lots of complaints were made. However, I can’t remember anything concrete.
Q. Witness, can you remember that Milch tried to be able to free certain engineers from Hitler who were working in Berchtesgaden?
A. I believe I can remember that. The question of engineers was discussed very often because this was a big bottleneck in the construction sector. I remember also that, concerning the construction works in Berchtesgaden, it was discussed in this connection and that one hoped to be able to get not only engineers but other skilled workers from the construction works carried out in Berchtesgaden for Hitler.
Q. Witness, is it known to you that the use of concentration camp inmates was carried out in closed groups?
A. Yes, as far as the SS used concentration camp inmates, outside of their own factories, this was obviously only done in larger groups of about 500 to 1,000.
Q. Is it possible that during constructions a few miners or engineers were concentration camp inmates?
A. When the rest of the workers were not concentration camp inmates, then, according to the regulations of the SS, personally, I don’t believe that there were certain concentration camp inmates in there, and I don’t know of any such cases. I know that the SS always required that the concentration camp inmates be taken in large numbers and that they should be assigned in groups and billeted in groups.
Q. In other words, is it possible that the SS also used people of their own as miners, apart from those concentration camp inmates?