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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-894 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 444 |
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| FILE NOTE BY
DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK, 13 OCTOBER 1938, CONCERNING MEASURES TAKEN WITH RESPECT
TO THE IGNAZ PETSCHEK ENTERPRISE IN AUSSIG AFTER GERMANY OCCUPIED THE
SUDETENLAND, THE REPORT THAT THE PETSCHEKS WERE NOW PREPARED TO SELL, FLICK'S
CONTINUING AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE, AND RELATED MATTERS |
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| St/U. | 13 October 1938 |
| File Note | |
| Subject: Ignaz Petschek.
The day German troops marched into Aussig the administration office of the Ignaz Petschek group was immediately occupied. According to Wohlthat, the most efficient expert in Germany for Petschek's tax affairs was sent to Aussig in order to study the files there. The blocking of all credits and the control of the entire financial affairs of all Petschek companies was automatically extended to the Sudeten German property, and the Aussig administration was included in the proceedings dealing with taxation. The Petschek administration maintained that the Petscheks themselves are not owners of the shares, but had acted only as trustees of a widely ramified British-American and some other foreign combine. A statement to that effect was made before the presidents of two Petschek companies. Here the board of assessment must intervene to investigate. Up to now no foreign group has claimed ownership. Already last summer, the main files were transferred from Aussig to Brno. Today I informed Mr. Wohlthat, who has taken these measures following a special order of the Field Marshal [Goering] (the order says to take all measures required to bring the Petschek enterprises into German hands and to secure Aryanization), that already some results had been achieved. Last night Gauleiter Wagner told me that some high officials known to him, of a Petschek branch establishment, declared that the Petscheks were now prepared to sell. They are trying to take up negotiations, but they would like to negotiate with one single person having full powers and under no circumstances with a number of people. Wagner asked whether we still had the mandate. Koerner assured him that we did. Wagner will advise his confidential informant to call on us in Berlin immediately. |
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