Q. Did you then hear that this trip had the purpose of bringing Hungarian Jews to Germany?
A. No.
Q. Thank you. The prosecutor spoke to you of 100,000 Jews. Did you know that these were to be used by Mr. Dorsch?
A. Yes.
Q. And, as far as the tasks that he had, mainly for the construction of bombproof factories?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know whether the Jaegerstab ordered these 100,000 Jews or whether somebody else did?
A. The employment of these 100,000 Jews in this construction organization took place on Hitler’s orders. I, myself, was not present at this discussion. Dorsch, however, was present and told me that Hitler had ordered—had said Himmler had 100,000 Jews for bombproof factories and was to make them available.
Q. Do you know whether and in what number and when these Jews arrived to carry out this construction work?
A. I do not know precisely the dates. It was in the summer of 1944. Nor do I know whether all of them arrived. Once I concerned myself with the question regarding the guarding of these people. At that time the SS did not have enough guard personnel and Hitler ordered Keitel to provide 10,000 soldiers which were to be withdrawn from the eastern front and to make them available to the SS so that they, the SS, would have the necessary guard personnel. Thereafter, I heard nothing further about the matter and assumed that the Jews for the most part were employed. I deduced this from the fact that I otherwise should have heard of it probably.