VON RIBBENTROP: In any case I know nothing about this telegram.
M. FAURE: Apart from the question of Jews of Austrian and German origin,
your colleagues and subordinates in the Embassy also dealt with the
question of the French Jews. Now, before asking you this question, I
should like to read out to you two sentences from a document which was
submitted to the Tribunal as French Document Number RF-1207. It is a
report from Dannecker, who was responsible for solving the Jewish
problem in France. Dannecker concluded his report as follows:
“In this connection, I cannot speak of this matter without
mentioning the genuinely friendly support which our work
received from the German Ambassador Abetz, his representative,
the envoy Schleier, and SS Sturmbannführer and Counsellor of
Legation Dr. Zeitschel. I should like to add that the Embassy in
Paris has, on its own initiative, placed quite large sums at the
disposal of the branch in charge of the Jewish question, for the
financing of the Anti-Jewish Institute, and that it will
continue to do so in future.”
Therefore, according to these documents, Abetz, Schleier, and Zeitschel
worked together.
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Faure, we do not know where you are reading from.
M. FAURE: Mr. President, this document was not given to you in this
folder because it has already been submitted to the Tribunal. I merely
wished to read two sentences from it.
THE PRESIDENT: All right.
M. FAURE: It is evident therefore, from this document, that three
officials of the German Embassy, Abetz, Schleier, and Zeitschel,
collaborated with Dannecker in the settlement of Jewish affairs. That is
shown by the document, is it not?
VON RIBBENTROP: Am I supposed to answer that? Is it a question?