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| B. Contemporaneous Document | |
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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI–10125 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 793 |
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| EXTRACTS FROM A
MEMORANDUM BY DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK, 30 DECEMBER 1937, CONCERNING THE "PETSCHEK PROBLEM", GOERING'S VIEW THAT A SOLUTION MUST QUICKLY BE FOUND, AND THE NEED FOR EXERCISING PRESSURE IF RAPID PROGRESS IS TO BE MADE |
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| St./Ga.¹ | |
| 30 December 1937 | |
| Memorandum [Notiz] | |
| Subject: P. — Problem
[Petschek-Problem] — Result of the conference held on 30 December with
State Counselor Reinhart.² 1. State Counselor Reinhart was informed that more severe regulations concerning non-Aryans [Nichtarier] are to be expected, at least in the industrial field whenever essential plants are involved. Concerning the P. [Petschek] group, the General [Hermann Goering]³ expressed unequivocally that a solution of that problem must be found within the shortest possible time. If it could not be solved in any other way, one must proceed to expropriation methods. Reinhart took notice of these various announcements, stating that they were not new to him. He stressed, however, that the main thing was to make Karl P.4 realize the seriousness of the situation. Today, contrary to the situation in Ignaz Petschek's lifetime, there is no longer a uniform management and it is, therefore, very difficult to make decisions. He recommended that not only he himself should announce the contemplated measures to Karl P. as representative of the group, but that Karl P. in person be informed officially, possibly by a deputy of the General. (Plans were made to have Herbert Goering5 report to State Counselor Reinhart as well as to Karl P. the opinion of the General and the measures contemplated.) |
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¹ "St/Ga." is a frequent dictation symbol on correspondence dictated by defendant Steinbrinck. In this case the document was also initialed at the end with "St" for Steinbrinck. However, many of the documents found in Flick files were copies of various correspondence and did not contain handwritten initials or signatures.
² Fritz Reinhart was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. His name was often misspelled and should read "Reinhardt."
³ Goering, the Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan, is frequently referred to in contemporaneous documents from the Flick files merely by his military title. At that time Goering held the rank of Generaloberst (general). The next and highest rank was field marshal. However, Goering later was given the title "Reich Marshal," a title bestowed on him alone.
4 Karl Petchek's name is frequently incorrectly spelled "Carl" throughout this volume.
5 Herbert Getting was a cousin of Hermann Goering. He was an official in the Ministry of Economics.
