Text: English     International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 4, p. 475
		7 Jan. 46 Afternoon Session COL. TAYLOR: Will Your Lordship swear the witness? THE PRESIDENT: What is his name? COL. TAYLOR: Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. [The witness, Von dem Bach-Zelewski, took the stand.] THE PRESIDENT: What is your name? ERICH VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI (Witness): Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. THE PRESIDENT: Will you take this oath: "I swear by God — the Almighty and Omniscient — that I will speak the pure truth — and will withhold and add nothing." [The witness repeated the oath.] COL. TAYLOR: May I remind the witness to speak very slowly, and to keep his answers as short as possible? Can you hear me? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. COL. TAYLOR: Were you a member of the SS? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. COL. TAYLOR: What was the last rank you held in the SS? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: SS Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS. COL. TAYLOR: Did you serve in the 1914-18 war? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. I was at the front from 1914 to 1918, was wounded twice, and received the Iron Cross, First and Second Class. COL. TAYLOR: Did you remain in the army after the end of the last war? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes, I stayed in the 100,000-man army. COL. TAYLOR: How long did you remain in the army? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Till 1924, when I took my discharge. COL. TAYLOR: Did your military activities then stop? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: No, I was battalion leader in the Border Defense, and subsequently I took part in maneuvers with the Wehrmacht until the campaign against Poland. COL. TAYLOR: Did you join the Nazi Party? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: Yes. COL. TAYLOR: In what year? VON DEM BACH-ZELEWSKI: In the year 1930. 475
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