Do you know how many French workers were deported to Germany as the
result of your various actions?
SAUCKEL: As far as I can remember—I cannot say exactly offhand—there
were 700,000 to 800,000 French workers employed in Germany. However, I
cannot tell you exactly without documents.
M. HERZOG: Is it correct that in Belgium and in Northern France the
deportation of workers for forced labor was regulated through laws of
the army of occupation?
SAUCKEL: I do not know about it being through the laws of the army of
occupation but through labor administration.
M. HERZOG: Is it correct that it was the decree of 6 October 1942 which
instituted forced labor in Belgium and in Northern France?
SAUCKEL: We called it “compulsory labor service” in German law. That is
correct.
M. HERZOG: Is it correct that General Von Falkenhausen, the German
Military Commander in Belgium and in Northern France, who signed the
order of October 1942, did so under pressure from you?
SAUCKEL: No, he did not sign it under pressure from me, because I talked
to him about it and there was not any argument. This was done at the
request of the Reich Government and the Führer.
M. HERZOG: I submit to you the interrogatory of General Von
Falkenhausen, who testified before a French magistrate on 27 November
1945. I submitted this interrogatory under Exhibit Number RF-15
(Document Number RF-15) in the course of my presentation in January. I
read from Page 1. Question 3:
“Question: ‘Will you swear that you will tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth?’
“Answer: ‘I swear.’
“Question: ‘On 6 October 1942 there appeared an order which
instituted compulsory labor service in Belgium and in the
departments of Northern France...’”