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r~XP!~Hli~UC~ R;POI l.' OF COj'ICElTl'H/ITIOa CH'..1,P IWIABI ...ANT OJ.lGl\ SCHAUB nctr~,ss In view of my nctivi ties as an active in a poli ti(~r...
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r~XP!~Hli~UC~

R;POI l.' OF COj'ICElTl'H/ITIOa CH'..1,P IWIABI ...ANT

OJ.lGl\ SCHAUB nctr~,ss

In view of my nctivi ties as an active in a poli ti(~rtl

W!ty

nnd

·...,·lS

also not nntionul socinlistioally

inc lined, though my step- bro ther, Julius gruppenfuehrer "nd Hitler~ adJutnnt. f!,lCt th:l t a~ninst

~;chl1ub, WllS

SS-Ober-

On the contrary, the

I never even joined the NSDAP, he frequently held

me.

I could never be in accord with the progrnm of

the NSDA? nnd h:'ve 'lLvuys :~nd

I hove never been

h:~d

many

ucqualnt~ncee

nmong Jews,

w::s in no wny willins to give up my reln tiona \"li th my Jewish

friends at home :1nd nbro:'ld.

Among other things, my step-brother

!fIas grent1y opposed to hnving me use my renl name on the stnge (ex('ept in films) so thr:t I

V'lRS

finally forced to use the

st'--lga nl'me of Jennette Madlon. Following nn invitntion of my Jewish friends, I went to Lor,don in in

th(~

~overt.bel·,

spring of 1939.

M.}' friends h1ld fled trom Berlin

1938, on ,lCCOunt of the pereecn tion of the Jews,

--nd because of their depFlrture in1haate, they left a substantial p'rt of their baggage behind. took the could to

rn~}

b:,ge:~ge

o111'~

I huve helped them in that I

they h::d- loft behind for them to London.

I

do this ber,'1U!H! of my Pl ssport, Vlhich was issued

in my cnpaoity

HS

:Jctre8s~

an

other'dise it would have

bel,.n impo8 sible to t,lke alorlb so much baggage.

impression that at thnt time alreHdy I

Wf'S

I

VieS

under the

L.hmys being wt'tched

by the SS, while my brother also detlonstrt\ted grant in'tarest

ill my trnve1tl at ,"11 ti.mes.

After a stay of three weekl:oi in

London, I returned to Berlin :.md until

th(~

outbreak of the

~,,[jr

I \':orked in Hambure, ,':h ere I performed us n dnncer in :: revue.

\

'rhr0ughout thf,3 winter I :lgnin wus in Berlin, but I RlvJays had in mind to go ;;broad :-;8 S00n ~lS poesi ble.

Finully, in the

summer of 1948, I succeeded in getting to \Vnrsuw. brand I w:.s only nb1e to

m:~ke po~si.ble

This trip

becr.use of the help

given me by Mr. Grodcieczkie, the former Polish

inister for

Tr'de ~nd Economy, in th~t he ong-gad me as aeoretl~y to be

,

~ielna

the correspondence for his firm, sttll, ':Jm:s::w, ~5.

I

time, I

then lived for

y,:llrs in '·'-arG;':V/ and, during that

t\!O

Jus t a

nble to serve roy host cOlluiderably.

'1U'S

few cxumples will illucidata this point: 5ch~ub

SS-Obergruppenfuehrer

I

WHS

thin~s,

sister of the

1S

of course f a1

f

thi~

mitted to the higher :luthor1ties and in learn of important

raids ',vere

schcdulBd~

h~vine

as he w::s

Thus I w/)s

tho house :.:hen I knew th3 t SS ~.l

member of the inteiligence Furthermore, to tht~

his house confisc:1ted nnd evacuated, I informed ac(~us:

ad-

of which I would at all times

he wns nlw:'ys subject to pe,rsecution.

ohurged',ith

!~YB

1'.;:' I could ,.11U.yS

promptly inform my host, Mr. von Grodcioczkie. r..ble to warn him I'g;;inst

street

tlon of the o.·ncr that I

s~ve

office

living in

'iDE

the hOllse and an evacuation could not possibly be expected of me.

(Of course, personally I did not live in his Villa).

s t~~tement I mnde

Wf-!S

enough to olmcsl the cv"cuation ord(!r.

Among othert$ there wus his friend, the Brigeowioz, who

nls~

was my friHnd

!.~

.xicr:n Gonsul, Julian

';nd ",,,ho rmd been held in

f

the prison of Pall/inc, fn'it'arstlw, for the past ye!:r. h~.d

arrested because through his signature ho Jews to flee to

The

Mf~xioo, :.~t

He was

hHlpod tl:ree

the outbreak of w':Jr.

Finnll,

lfter ono year ,~Je succeeded to bribe th () c~.mp elootor (Ilnfortunately I don t knO'1l the n:lUlO anymort3) decl~lre

of 4.000. - ,Uoty agreed to un lble to endure internment.

immediately.

th,'~t

I\t

time I

As W;;6

H

i.~nony.l1l()us

roceived sevf3rfll luxurious life in I

I .

I I

I

l,'·;nr~:l\:{

',Iho for the Bum

nrigeO\;icz

ret,;ul t

t lrei\d~/

the 58, Ii/hieh un.fortunu tely I onl,

t

t

l... S

ill :.nd

h'l ,,~U:i role.:ued

baint,; 'lJIJtched by

lo::rnud h-. ter on.

r

l£?tteru pointing out tblit my

wol11cl soon como to nn end and a bullet

vould hit me on tho strE-'et ona or thosu dHyS. attention to these let ters, un til, ho\':ever,

011C

: did not pay

finp

d~:,!

in

Augus t, 1942, three S::-men HppeiJred in r-ly qmrtQ.wIl 1.. l.1nd informed me that thHy \oJere com:1issioned ·to "aka me to Berlin immt1di8tely on order of the

~djutant~

office of

tht~ ~(eichs

lCFlder, f-S HimmlerJ

ii·.' "

. .:-,.: \.1er LJ':' .::.1. -~..

"

i:~r

,

. Cl..llCd!'t:r ti-.ll C, ,.; f•.nluet1og tu ae'.crlbe

,'. U.l

in

unJert, A a '.nd

en

i ~h,~

(.1:-1'.

return! • f1'"

:' ncre I

bro

\ h.d t,· dgn', furtlwr

,1 cU:Il,e:lt \",wl':b:>'

I'

cn.' d l'(Jd t, ptU

lnterf·.1'...in

cn',d "doh" (·f th

i;iy

i"i v

~

t~·

.elea:.; l.c .!e.r.

;.c,~.

I ilgl'aed t:l.:t •. l'ter my r()~e."i.:: 1 '.~,uld .Lee

life

n