August 1, 1945
I, Oberst der Polizei [Col. of police] Dr. jur. Rudolf Mildner state as follows: '
The people, arrested for punishable actions by the Gestapo and Criminal police in Germany as well as in the European countries occupied by German troops, were sent to concentration camps, in
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cases where they were not sent there by Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler, by the executive chief of office IV of the RSHA, SS Gruppen-fuehrer Mueller [Lt. Gen.], acting as deputy for the Chief of the Sicherheitspolizei [Security Police] and S.D. [SicherheitsdienstSecurity Service] SS Obergruppenfuehrer [SS Lt. Gen.] Dr. Kal-tenbrunner. These orders were signed by the Chief of the Sich-_ erheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst, Dr. Kaltenbrunner or his deputy, the executive chief of office IV, SS Gruppenfuehrer Mueller.
Dissensions took place in certain cases or for certain reasons between the RSHA and the Chief of the concentration camps, SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl, the inspector of the concentration camps SS Gruppenfuehrer Gluocks, the executive chief of office D of the SS Wirtschaft und Verwaltungshauptamt [Head Office for Economy Administration].
From the RSHA, the executive chief of office V SS Gruppenfuehrer Neebe, the departmental chief of IV A 6 SS Obersturm-bannfuehrer Dr. Berndorff and often SS Oberfuehrer Panzinger, deputy of the chief of office IV, took part in the discussions which were presided over by the chief of office IV, SS Gruppenfuehrer Mueller, acting as deputy for the Chief of the Sipo, Security Police and S.D., Dr. Kaltenbrunner.
SS Obergruppenfuehrer Dr. Kaltenbrunner personally attended the discussions with SS Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl, chief of the SS Wirtschafts und Verwaultungshauptamtes, Chief of concentrations camps.
Due to these discussions and through talks with the two chiefs of office, Gruppenfuehrer Mueller IV and Gruppenfuehrer Nebe RSHA V. the Chief of the Sipo and S.D., SS Obergruppenfuehrer Dr. Kaltenbrunner must have known the state of affairs in the concentration camps.
I learnt from SS Gruppenfuehrer Mueller, chief of office IV, that regular discussions between the RSHA and the SS Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt, office D, took place.
[signed] Mildner.
P. S. I also state the following: Gruppenfuehrer Mueller, chief of office IV, told me the above mentioned facts because in my capacity of Head of the State Police in Chemnitz and Katowice, Commander of the Sipo and S.D. in Denmark, inspector of the Sipo and S.D. in Kassel, departmental chief IV A 5 RSHA and commander of the Sipo in Vienna, positions which I held for a certain length of time, I had to have frequent talks with Gruppenfuehrer Mueller. [signed] Mildner.
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