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Copy of document 3740-PS
AFFIDAVIT BY FRANZ HALDER Nurnberg, 6 March 1946 I, Franz Halder, being first duly sworn, declare: My last position in the German armed forces was Chief of Staff of the German Army. On the occasion of a common meal on the birthday of the Fuehrer in 1942 the people around the Fuehrer turned the conversation to the Reichstag building and its artistic value. I heard with my own ears when Goering shouted into the conversation: “The only one that really knows the Reichstag, is I; because I put the fire to it.” With that he took his flat hand and hit his thighs. As far as I can remember today Keitel was sitting to the left og Georing. This luncheon took place in the so-called Kasino (officer’s mess) of the Headquarters of the Fuehrer (East Prussia). [signed] Franz Halder Franz Halder Subscribed and sworn to before me today, this 6th day of March, 1946, Nurnberg, Germany. [signed] Richard W. Sonnenfeldt Richard W. Sonnenfeldt Investigating Officer