. NMT06-T0383
Volume VI · Page 383
| As far as I can remember, nothing more was paid for political purposes, except for one or two other small insignificant donations until the payments to the Keppler Circle or Circle of Friends made from 1936 onward. One cannot consider these payments for political purposes or as payment to the SS, since they were requested and were used for cultural purposes, at least they were intended to be used for cultural purposes according to the explanations given. | |
| If one estimates this payment at about | RM 8-900,000 | |
| And adds the above payments from the first quarter of 1933, namely | RM 100,000 | |
| The total amount during the entire period of the National Socialist regime is | RM 1,000,000 | |
| In addition the following amounts were paid early in 1933 to other parties: | ||
| Deutsch-Nationale | RM 100,000 | |
| Bruening | RM 30,000 | |
| RM 130,000 | ||
| It is therefore evident than during the 12
years of the National Socialist regime the political donations we made
represented only a small percentage of the payments which were made in 1932
alone to those parties which were opposed to the seizure of power. Even if
one considers the payments made to the Keppler Circle to have been of a
political nature which, however, would not be justified, the total payments
made from 1933 to 1945 would still be below, in any case would by no means
exceed, the amount given in 1932 alone to the opposition parties. The payments made from 1933 to 1945 were largely nonvoluntary at any rate they were all demanded, moreover, during years of good economic conditions, while the payments before the seizure of power were made during the years of the greatest economic depression, and were meant to be a real sacrifice. I made the above tabulation largely on the basis of available documents, the remainder on the basis of information obtained, or from memory to the best of my knowledge. I am making the above statements the subject of my sworn testimony and I expressly affirm their truth under oath. Nuernberg, 6 June 1947 |
| [Signed] FRIEDRICH FLICK |
