Q. Do you know from whom he received the order to construct these special subterranean factories?
A. Here again I do not know precisely who gave him the original order. In any event, at the first beginning of the Jaegerstab, Kammler became a member and was commissioned to undertake the construction of subterranean buildings for Jaegerstab protection. The Jaegerstab pointed out to him individual objectives and he reported from time to time how many square meters were now ready. But who first originally gave these orders to Kammler, whether it was Himmler or Hitler or some agreement or something like that, I don’t know.
Q. Was Kammler commissioned into the Jaegerstab because of an order of Himmler or because of some special order elsewhere?
A. I am not able to say. I assume that Himmler also gave him an order. The individual orders, what he was to build, he received from the Jaegerstab.
Q. Did Kammler, within the Jaegerstab, represent Himmler?
A. I do not know his powers or his functions and I cannot say. He was in the construction sector. That I know, but Himmler had charge of more things than construction.
Presiding Judge Toms: Will you try to answer these questions as simply and briefly as you can? Were Russian prisoners of war used in the armament industry?
Witness Schmelter: In the armaments plant Russian prisoners of war were also employed. At what they were employed, I do not know, since they were already there when I came and I did not myself inspect the plants.