“As the administration was not in a position and showed itself
too weak to master this chaos, the SS and Police Leader simply
took over the whole question of the employment of Jewish labor.
The Jewish labor agencies, which were staffed by hundreds of
Jews, were dissolved. All employment certificates given by firms
or administrative offices were declared invalid, and cards given
Jews by the labor agencies were made valid again by being
stamped by the police offices.”
I pass to Page 19 of the document book. That deals with the letter of
the Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery to Reichsführer SS
and Chief of the German Police Himmler, of 17 April 1943. That document
is Number 2220-PS and Exhibit Number USA-175. I quote:
“In our conference of 27 March of this year we had agreed to
prepare written memoranda about conditions in the Government
General on which to base our intended report to the Führer.
“The material compiled for this purpose by SS Obergruppenführer
Krüger has already been submitted to you directly. On the basis
of this material I have had a report prepared which sums up the
most important points contained therein, subdivides them
clearly, and culminates in an explanation of the measures to be
taken.
“The report has been checked with SS Obergruppenführer Krüger
and has his complete concurrence. I am submitting a part of it
to you herewith.”—It is signed—“Dr. Lammers.”