He dictated it in my presence for transmission to the camp commandant. According to the testimony of Freiherr von Eberstein, the destruction of the concentration camp Dachau with its two secondary camps was the heartfelt wish of the then Gauleiter of Munich, Giessler. Who actually issued these orders can no longer be established with certainty. The witness Hoess, in his examination, mentioned an order of evacuation by Himmler as well as directly by Hitler. In this connection it seems appropriate to me to refer to Kaltenbrunner's participation in the sad case of Sagan as charged by the prosecution.
Some facts speak for it, others against it.
Kaltenbrunner denied the existence of these groups during his term as chief of the Reich Security Office. It appears to me that the first document deserves preference. May I finally draw your attention to those documents which are of less value as evidence because they are based upon indirect observation. I believe that the Tribunal possesses sufficient experience in evaluating evidence so that I need not argue about this any further. I have thus far voluntarily conceded the negative so that I may be the more, justified in emphasizing the positive in Kaltenbrunner's personality.