Eichmann and Sassen interview

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Ernst Kaltenbrunner in uniform in 1943.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner in 1943. Photograph on Wikimedia Commons. Photo source.

Austrian SS leader who became head of the RSHA in 1943.

About

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a senior Austrian Nazi and SS officer. In January 1943 he became head of the RSHA, which controlled the Gestapo, Criminal Police, and SD.

The International Military Tribunal found him guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He was executed at Nuremberg on October 16, 1946.

In this interview

Eichmann presents Kaltenbrunner as Heydrich’s successor and one of his senior chiefs. He also recounts meetings with him at Alt Aussee during the last weeks of the war.

Kaltenbrunner headed the RSHA, but Müller remained Eichmann’s direct superior in Office IV.

Selected pages

  • Page 6

    Eichmann names Kaltenbrunner as Heydrich’s successor.

  • Page 23

    Eichmann recounts speaking with Kaltenbrunner at Alt Aussee about resistance after Germany’s defeat.

  • Page 25

    Eichmann says he traveled from Prague to Alt Aussee to brief Kaltenbrunner.