Evening star., 1961-04-25

At Nuremberg, Wisliceny
quoted Eichmann as saying he
would jump laughing into his
grave because of the feeling
that 5 million Jews had met
their death before him.
Liar" and a Swine"
Eichmann, in transcripts re-
leased last week, had called
Wisliceny a liar" and a
Swine"
The Wisliceny sworn state
ment was the subject of a
heated exchange between DR..
Robert Servatius and Mr.. Haus-
ner yesterday.
DR.. Servatius objected to ac-
ceptance of the statement on
grounds there was hostility"
between Eichmann and Wis
liceny. DR.. Servatius also said
it was his impression that pro-
lection had been assured for
Wisliceny's family when he
made the affidavit at Nuern-
berg.
Mr.. HauSner said he presumed
the court will take the Brook
hart affidavit describing Wis
liceny with a grain Of salt" "
Then Mr.. Hausner read from
a declaration by Wisliceny
which recalled there were three
periods affecting the Jews: Cd
the emigration, (2) the concen-
tration in ghettos and concen-
tration camps, and 90 ulti-
mately their biological an
initiation"
Conversation Recalled
Eichmann told him in July
or August of 1912 about this
program, Wisliceny said in his
statement.
Il was talking to Eichmanr
in his office in Berlin when he
said that on written order o1
Himmler all Jews were to be
exterminated. I requested tc
be shown the order. He took
a file from the safe and showed
me a top secret document with
a red border, indicating imme-
diate action.
In his pre-trial interrogation
Eichmann had said there never
was a written order on the
determination program.
The declaration went on tc
note that in 1914 Heinrich
Himmler directed that all de.
portations Of Jews be stopped
but that Eichmann refused tc
carry out the order until he got
a written confirmation.
/ Wisliceny said Eichmann sale
he would Jump into his grave
happy in the knowledge he hac
sent 5 million Jews to theil
deaths.
This give me great satisfac-
ton and qualification" Wis,
liceny quoted Eichmann al
saying.
Enemies of the Reich"
Eichmann told Israeli inter.
rogators he never hated the
Jews" He also denied the
statement regarding the killing
of 5 million Jews, but admitted
saying enemies of the Reich.
Mr.. HauSner said he also
wants the court to accept in
evidence further documents
from Wishceny, Auschwitz
camp Commander Rudolh
HoeSS and DR.. Wilhelm Hoettl
another SIS major who supplied
an affidavit on Eichmann at
Nuremberg.
"All these people were in no
way personally connected with
each other" Mr.. Hausner said.
This evidence is certainly of
| great value, which is the i'm
Iportant point"
Mr.. Hausner also asked the
court to accept in evidence
notes Wisliceny made in his
prison in Bratislava before he
was hanged.
DR.. Servatius objected, say
ing that documents from a de
ceased person" should be ac-
cepted only If they relate to
facts.
The defense counsel sug-
gested that Wisliceny, in writ
ing down his notes, may have
thought this would give him
a chance to survive"
Challenging the prosecutions
argument that WiSliceny and
Hoess had no personal connec.
ton, DR.. Servatius said:
Il would like to point out
that the two men were impris-
oned at Nuremberg. They
worked out a common line oi
defense"