Evening star., 1961-06-27


This was especially true VIII
himself. directing the evacua-
ton of 100000 Jews from Hun
gary, defense counsel Robert
Seivatius contended.
In Budapest. said DR.. Serva-
titus, the deportations to the
death camps were the reSpon-
sibihty Of the senior IS and Sc
curity police and Eichmann
only organized the trains.
Eichmann, on the stand for
the sixth day. again gave a
marathon description Of the
Maxi bureaucracy designed to
illustrate that he was con-
stantly under orders and per-
solally bore no responsibility
for the pogrom.
Eichmann said the charts
DR.. Servatius introduced into
evidence were either drawn by
himself or drawn on the basis
Of information he provided.
Red crayon was used for those
killing" jews, blue for "leg-.
islative effort" and green for
deportation matters" The de-
fense contended that Eich-
mann never stood outside the
green" area in all his dealings
and despite his position as
chief Of Jewish affairs" in the
Gestapo.
Charts Complicated
Both Eichmann and Dr..
Servatius conceded TO the
court that the charts were
somewhat complicated. Presid-
ing Justice Mcshe Landau said
one of them was so complex
it looked as though orders
went round and round and al
most met themselves coming
back, "aS though the snake
was biting its tail"
Eichmann recalled q meet
ing with a Polish poet married
to q Jewess who came to him
highly disturbed about perse-
cutiOn Of the Jews. The poet
killed himself right after his
meeting with Eichmann.
There was nothing ] could
do." said Eichmann. II ex-
planned I had to pass on or
ders from my superiors. I re-
call the poet was highly dis
turbed about enforced divorces
then being ordered. Immedi-
ately after enforced divorces,
the Jewish partner would be
deported."
Eichmann said he could not
remember whether he re-
ferred the poets concern to his
superior officer SIS Gen. Helm
rich Mueller.
There was nothing I could
do within my authority" Eich-
mann said.
DR.. Servatius cited q letter
from Eichmann in 1943 to the
Nazi Foreign Ministry dealing
with the owner Of the capital
cinema in Heidelberg. The
question involved attempts to
get authorization to take meas
ures against the man, who was
a Hungarian Jew. IS officers
in the area had alleged he was
living with forged papers to
hide the fact he was Jewish.
The Jew, DR.. Servatius said.
transferred the ownership Of
the theater but managed to
keep control of it through q
son. Eichmann proposed the
mans residence permit be re-
voked and the son be deported
to a concentration camp. DR..
Servatius asked Eichmann how
he came to be involved.
"A complaint was lodged
through channels, which neces-
STATED quick and radical treat
ment since the complaint came
from the Fuerer's office" Eich-
mann replied. MY superiors
gave me brief instructions: con-
centration camp Orders like
this could be given only by the
head Of the office and never by
the head of a department"
Eichmann was a department
head.
Judge Loses Patience
Once again Justice Landau
lost patience with the lengthi-
ness Of Eichmann'S statements
and cut in at one point to de-
clare:
you are not called upon to
lecture about these documents.
I wish you to keep this in mind
in all your replies"
Eichmann flushed. bowed and
assented with a muttered Ga
wohl (yes).
At another point, Judge Bey-
manin Halevy shook the de-
fendant's assurance with direct
questions. DR.. Servatius had
said the SIS wanted to seize the
Rothschild Hospital for lung
diseases in the Baden area and
came to Eichmann. The inSti-
tuition was confiscated and the
IS commanders in Baden ex-
pressed their gratitude. Eich-
mann said all the initiative
came from them.
Eyes. but did you arrange the