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		3 Jan. 46 of the German Government or the Nazi Party or was it against it? Do you understand the question? OHLENDORF: Yes. One must distinguish here: The order for the liquidation came from the Führer of the Reich, and it was to be carried out by the Reichsführer SS Himmler. THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): But was it in conformity with the policy conducted by the Nazi Party and the German Government, or was it in contradiction to it? OHLENDORF: A policy amounts to a practice so that in this respect it was a policy laid down by the Führer If you were to ask whether this activity was in conformity with the idea of National Socialism, then I should say "no." THE TRIBUNAL (Gen. Nikitchenko): I am talking about the practice. THE PRESIDENT: I understood you to say that objects of value were taken from the Jewish victims by the Jewish Council of Elders. OHLENDORF: Yes. THE PRESIDENT: Did the Jewish Council of Elders settle who were to be killed? OHLENDORF: The Jewish Council of Elders determined who was a Jew, and then registered the Jews individually. THE PRESIDENT: And when they registered them did they take their valuables from them? OHLENDORF: That was done in various ways. As far as I remember, the Council of Elders was given the order to collect valuables at the same time. THE PRESIDENT: So that the Jewish Council of Elders would not know whether or not they were to be killed? OHLENDORF: Yes. THE PRESIDENT: We will adjourn now until 5 minutes past 2. [A recess was taken until 1405.] 339
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