The Nuremberg Trials (Vol.9). International Military Tribunal

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: And did you find that many of these people were innocent, or did you find that they were guilty?

      KÖRNER: If anybody was found to have been wrongly taken to a concentration camp he was released immediately.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: And to whom was the communication given, that he had been found innocent and was to be released from the concentration camp?

      KÖRNER: It was given to the Secret State Police.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: To whom at the Secret State Police? Who was the man you communicated with?

      KÖRNER: I cannot name the individual who dealt with these matters. The chief, as far as I remember, was first Heydrich and then Kaltenbrunner or Müller.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Göring was on good terms with all of those, was he not?

      KÖRNER: Yes.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Well acquainted with all of those men?

      KÖRNER: Of course.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Now, when you say that Göring obtained the release of people from concentration camps, are you talking about just one or two cases or did he obtain the release of a good many people?

      KÖRNER: In the course of the years, there were naturally several cases.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: What do you mean by “several”?

      KÖRNER: Well, I cannot give the number now, but there were quite a lot of releases.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Did you find any where the people were guilty when you investigated?

      KÖRNER: If they could not be released, then they were guilty somehow.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Who decided that?

      KÖRNER: That, as far as I know, was decided by the chief men of the Secret State Police.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Well, then, what did you do in requesting their release? Did you advise the Secret State Police that you disagreed with their conclusion that the man was guilty, or did Göring simply order the man to be released or request his release?

      KÖRNER: No, they were told the exact reason why the man should be released.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: Do you know of any instance in which Göring requested the release of a person from a concentration camp, where it was not granted?

      KÖRNER: I cannot say that now. I have to think it over.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: You cannot recall any today, can you, in which Göring’s word requesting a release was not honored?

      KÖRNER: At the moment I cannot remember any particular case.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: How many people were put in concentration camps as a result of the Röhm revolt?

      KÖRNER: That I cannot say either.

      MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: How many people were killed as a result of it?

      KÖRNER: I cannot say from memory. As far as I know, the figures were published at the time.