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| armed units of the SS (excluding
armed forces in the field) and to the concentration camp inmates. In addition,
Loerner was deputy chief of Amtsgruppe W which administered the economic
enterprises owned or controlled by WVHA. After the defendant Frank left the
WVHA in September 1943, he was succeeded by Loerner as deputy chief of the WVHA
under Pohl. From these three responsible positions held by Loerner, it will be seen that he was not an obscure subordinate in the WVHA organization. Each of the positions which he held required a broad measure of responsibility, which the documents in the case indicate he exercised in full |
| CONNECTION WITH
W [WIRTSCHAFTS--ECONOMIC] ENTERPRISES |
| With Pohl, defendant Georg Loerner was one of the incorporating partners in the German Economic Enterprises, known a, "DWB", which was the holding company having control of nearly all of the W enterprises. He was an original incorporator with the defendant Frank of the leather and textile enterprise at Ravensbrueck, and with Pohl was one of the organizers of OSTI, with an initial contribution of 25,000 Reichsmarks. He was also vice chairman of the board of supervisors of the Golleschau Portland Cement company, of which Pohl was the chairman. In addition, he was a director of the Cooperative House and Home Building company at Dachau. All of these companies were units of Amtsgruppe W, of which Loerner was deputy chief under Pohl. His connection with these concerns was much more than formal. He took an active and interested part in the management of their affairs and his voice was heard in the policy making. For example, in a conference with reference to the affairs of OSTI held 13 February 1943 (NO-1270, Pros. Ex. 61), at which Pohl, Loerner, Volk, and Hohberg were present, a series of questions was propounded which Loerner helped answer. The questions were preceded by the statement that the Jewish manpower in the Government General was to be used for armament production. Then the question is asked: " Must this mandate be regarded primarily from a political-police or from an economical point of view?" Other questions followed: |
"How many Jews live in the Government General, how are they split up as to sex and professional groups? |
