Evening star., 1961-05-02
BY RELMAN MORN
Associated Press Staff Writer

named today Dy Aool1 Elcn-
lawyer to testify in his
behalf. DR.. Robert Servatius
said they would show Eichmann
was just a cog in the Nazi ma
chine to exterminate the Jews
and could make no decisions by
himself.
Two Of the witnesses DR..
Servatius named we're convicted
of war crimes after World War
II. Another is in Jail pending
an investigation into his war
time activities. The fourth is
a former Nazi foreign office
official who the prosecution
has announced would be ar
rested as a war crimes suspect
If he sets foot in Israel.
DR.. Servatius said he would
make applications for addi-
tional defense witnesses later
He indicated that all the wit
nesseS want to testify in Ger
many.
Four Men Named
DIR. Servatius named these
men:
Former SIS Maj. Gen. Franz
A. Six, one-time department
head in the Nazi Reich security
office. He was sentenced to 20
years in prison at the Euern-
berg war crimes trials for his
role in the "Einsatzgruppen"
determination commandos)
but the sentence was later
commuted. He is free in West
Germany.
DR.. Max Merten, former Ger
man military governor in Sa-
Ilonika, Greece, who was con-
victed by a Greek court and
sentenced to 20 years in prison,
The sentence was Commuted
shortly after his conviction,
He is now a lawyer in West
Berlin.
Former SIS Maj. Hermann
Krumey, a deputy of Eichmann
in Nazi-occupied Hungary.
Krumey now is under arrest in
Frankfurt pending an inveSti-
CATION into Auschwitz concen-
tration camp atrocities.
Eberhard Won Thadden, Jew
ish affairs adviser to the Nazi
foreign office. An investiga-
ton into Won Thadden's case
was ordered suspended by a
Cologne court for insufficient
evidence.
Arrests Threatened
Israeli Attorney General
Gideon HauSner Immediately
said that all four are regarded
as offenders under the Israeli
war crimes law and would be
arrested if they come to Israel
Six, the defense counsel said,
would testify on the setup OF
the Nazi security office. Mer-
ten. DR.. Servatius added, will
show that Eichmann had to
obtain the consent of others
before he could make any de-
ciSion.
Krumey will testify that in
Hungary that Eichmann could
not act on his own authority,
and Won Thadden will also
testify that Eichmann had nc
authority to deal with the Jews
on his own.
DR.. ServatiuS said he wanted
to have the witnesses now liv-
ing in Germany testify before
the Israeli court trying Eich-
mann, but he claimed Mr.
HauSner was not able to as
sure immunity because the wit
nesseS were political"
But Chief Justice Moshe
Landau said that he wanted
to make 1t clear to DR.. Ser
vatius that Mr.. Hausner is
not the sole authority" to
decide this issue.
Law to Settle Fate
Judge Benjamin Halevi said
IF any one Of the witnesses
is ready to testify here the
court will hear him but his fate
outside the testimony will be
decided by the law. But we
consider this is not practical"
The court said it would an
nounce it's decision on DR..
Servatius' application tomor-
row.
Apparently the decision will
determine whether the testi-
mony from the witnesses DR..
Servatius named will be taken
by questionaireS sent to Ger
many or by direct cross-ex-
animation by a representative
Of Israel.
A witness from New Jersey
testified earlier that Nazi bes-
tiality destroyed the will to live
for thousands of Jews.
"They just wanted to get 1t
over with" said DR.. Leon
Weliczer Wells. who was born
in Poland and was sent to an
determination camp as a teen
ager in 1941. He now lives
in Fort Lee, N. ].
by 1943," DR.. Wells told
the court. nobody cared much
any more. Life no longer meant
anything. People wanted death
without torture"