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WALTHER FUNK ADMITS HE ESTABLISHED THE SS 'MAX HEILEGER' ACCOUNTS
WALTHER FUNK (1890-1960) Nazi Minister of Economics who confiscated goods of imprisoned Jews to the Reichsbank via Himmler. Sentenced to life imprisonment. FUNK ADMITS A BRIEFING WITH HIMMLER 'AT THE OUTSET' ON THE 'MAX HEILIGER' ACCOUNT Historically important typed D.S. 'Walther Funk' in bold indelible pencil, 1p. 4to., Nuremberg, June 17, 1946, to the 'Chairmen of the International Military Tribunal' concerning 'Proceedings against Walther Funk...Amendment of a deposition'. Funk changes the facts contained in his hearing before the Tribunal, in part: '...During his hearing, the accused, Walter Funk, declared in the course of cross-examination...that he (Funk) first head of an SS account at the Reichsbank from [Reichsbank Vice President Emil] Puhl, the vice-chairman. But the witness Emil Puhl has since affirmed...that it was Funk who at the outset talked to Himmler, the SS Reichsfuhrer, and that he, (Puhl), subsequently heard from Funk of the account to be established. From the evidence given by the witness Emil Puhl, the accused, Walter Funk, has become convinced that actually, on this particular point, the testimony of the witness Emil Puhl is correct, and, as a result of fuller reflection, the accused Funk believed himself also able to recall that originally he (Funk) was spoken to by Himmler...about the setting up of an account for the SS, and that he then told Puhl...about it. The statement which the accused Funk made in the course of cross-examination was the result of a lapse of memory,
and was occasioned by the fact he was completely taken aback by these questions...and was very provoked...Funk informed me [Defense Attorney Fritz Sauter] of his lapse of memory immediately after the hearing of the witness Puhl and asked me to correct his own statement...I am fulfilling herewith the request of the accused Funk...[who] signifies his agreement...by means of his co-signature...' Also signed by Funk's chief defense counsel, DR. FRITZ SAUTER, who had officially presented this document. Mounted to heavy stock, very good. It appears that in the forty days following Puhl's testimony, damning evidence must have come to hand proving Funk's collaboration with Himmler in establishing and maintaining the illicit 'Max Heiliger' accounts. 'Max Heiliger' was a false identity created to establish bank accounts for laundering the proceeds from gold and other proceeds stolen from those persecuted and those killed in the Holocaust. The creation of 'Max Heilger', accounts and other similar illicit accounts were authorized by Funk in a secret arrangement with SS leader Heinrich Himmler,to which he here confesses. Assets seized and stolen ranged from artworks and stock and bonds, to gold fillings pried from the mouths of gassed prisoners. This was an incredible admission on Funk's part, showing him openly collaborating with Himmler and the SS in concealing assets stolen from victims of the Nazis...assets still being recovered today. As for Puhl, he had actually been earlier subpoenaed in Funk's defense. He was equally involved in these crimes, entrusted with the physical movement of gold from depots and the camps to Reichsbank repositories. He would receive five years' imprisonment for his crimes. This document originates from the files of Hans Werner, Director of Printing for the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. It was his task to publish the 42-volume record of the trial using this document and scores of others. Following completion of his task, Werner was permitted to retain possession of the documents, which were never tagged as evidence. They were then sold by autograph expert Charles Hamilton in his auctions, in 1979.

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