[Eichmann-trial, Witness statement Dr. Max Merten I]

The file is the second part of the witness statements acquired in Germany and Austria of former functionaries in Nazi Germany, on behalf of the prosecutor of the Eichmann trial from June 7th, 1961, at the district court Tiergarten, Berlin. The witness is Dr. Max Merten (Military administration counselor) and he answers questions about his acquaintance with Eichmann in Thessaloniki in 1942/43 and orders he signed (which he denies, or claims have been altered or are not the original). The orders are mentioned in the book "In Memoriam: Hommage aux Victims Juives des Nazis en Grece - publie sous la direction de Michael Molho, Rabbin de la communaute juive en Salonique, Tome I", Salonique 1948. Some of the mentioned copies are of bad quality.