Nuremberg Days 194 195 (1946) Baron Friedrich von Eberstein Direct Dr. Horst Pelckmann

On Aug. 2, 5, 1946, Dr. Horst Pelckmann, counsel for the Defense of the SS, called as his first witness Baron Friedrich von Eberstein, SS Obergruppenführer. He testified that the SS and the Police were separate organizations, united only at the top in the person of Himmler. He discussed the Roehm Putsch, biological experiments and his lack of knowledge of atrocities.