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Volume VI · Page 207
| E. Affidavit of Defendant Kaletsch | |
| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-5397 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 16 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF
DEFENDANT KALETSCH, 28 FEBRUARY 1947, CONCERNING HIS PERSONAL HISTORY |
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| I, Konrad Kaletsch, swear, state
and declare: 1. I was born in Kassel on 18 December 1898 and was married twice. My only son Otto Albert (20 years old) was from my first marriage, which ended in divorce. 2. My Party number in the NSDAP was approximately 5,372,000 and is dated 1 May 1937. Actually I did not join until the second half of 1938. 3. In 1941 I was appointed Military Economy Leader [Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer]. 4. My decorations are as follows: War Merit Cross 2nd Class (1941), War Merit Cross 1st Class (1944), in addition I possess the Cross of Honor for participants in the First World War. 5. a. After graduating from secondary school [Realschule], I started a commercial career in 1915 and joined the Buderus Handelsgesellschaft (Hamburg) as commercial apprentice. b. After my apprenticeship, I served in the Armed Forces from 1917-18, From the end of 1918 until the next fall I worked for Buderus in Kassel. c. On the suggestion of my cousin, Friedrich Flick, who paid for my tuition, I studied economics, law, and some technical subjects at the University of Cologne from 1920-22. d. From 1922-25 I was employed by the firms of — Ferrum-Handel Mij. N.V. Holland, Charlottenhuette A.G., and Linke-Hofmann-Lauchhammer A.G., in order to gain practical experience in business. e. From 1925-45 I was without interruption employed in the administration office Berlin of the Charlottenhuette A.G., since 1934 in the administration office Berlin of the Mitteldeutsche Stahlwerke A.G. My most important positions were the following: (1) 1925-31 Prokurist of A.G. Charlottenhuette. |
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