. NMT06-T0205
Volume VI · Page 205
| D. Stipulation on the
Personal History of Defendant Burkart¹ |
| Stipulation |
| DR. KRANZBUEHLER (counsel for defendant
Burkart) : Prosecution and defense counsel stipulate the following statements
on the defendant Dr. Odilo Burkart. 1. Odilo Burkart was born 29 August 1899 in Reutlingen in Wuerttemberg. He graduated from the Gymnasium in 1917 and studied law and political science from 1917 to 1922. He received a doctorate in political science in 1921 and became Doctor of Law in 1922 at the University in Wuerzburg. 2. From 15 July 1918 to the middle of February 1919, he served in the army, without rank. 3. In 1933 he entered the Stahlhelm,² and in 1934 was automatically transferred to the SA reserve and declared his resignation, which was confirmed in 1936. 4. In August 1940 he was appointed by the army as Military Economy Leader [Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer]. 5. In the spring of 1944 he received the War Merit Cross First Class. 6. He held the following positions: a. Reichsvereinigung Eisen [Reich Association Iron] June 1942 to May 1945. (1) June and July 1942 Chairman of the Verkehrs and Frachten Ausschuss [Traffic and Freight Committee] (Provisionally). (2) Chairman of the SG Iron and Steel Association from the end of 1942 to the spring of 1945, to look after the interests in central Germany, as well as member of the Price Committee [Preisausschuss]. b. From 1940 until May 1945, Advisory Council [Beirat] in the Economic Group Iron Producing Industry [Wirtschaftsgruppe Eisenschaffende Industry]. 7. He held the following business positions: a. In Upper Silesia — |
¹ This stipulation was read into the record by Dr. Kranzbuehler on 21 April 1947, transcript pages 192-194.
² The "Stahlhelm" was a German veterans organization founded in 1918. It was incorporated into the SA in the fall of 1933.
