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| Q. Now, if it please the Court, I
think we were before the recess referring to a letter from Dietrich to
Steinbrinck with respect to the drafting of a law to effect Aryanization. I
have just one or two more questions along that line. Defendant, did you have
earlier discussions with government officials on the subject of legislation to
bring about Aryanization of property? A. As far as I remember I did not have any conversations with government agencies. I discussed the matter with Keppler. That is true, but Dr. Hugo Dietrich was the man who had the conversation with the Ministry of Justice. Q. Did you have a conversation with Keppler as early as November 1937? A. I think as far as I can see from the documents, yes. It was a matter of Keppler's proposal to draw up a law which prohibited non-Aryans or noncitizens of the Reich the acquisition and exploitation of mineral deposits. Q. And didn't you tell Keppler on this occasion that you thought the law didn't go far enough? A. Well, as far as I can see from the document I did say that. I told him, after all, such a law could be circumvented at all times. You can go around it because, after all, you only have to run this factory or this mine by an Aryan. |
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| F. Affidavit of Defense Affiant Dietrich | |
| TRANSLATION OF AFFIDAVIT STEINBRINCK 347 STEINBRINCK DEFENSE EXHIBIT 73 |
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| AFFIDAVIT OF HUGO
DIETRICH, 15 JULY 1947, COMMENTING UPON HIS EXPERT OPINION ENTITLED "PROBLEM IGNAZ PETSCHEK"¹ |
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| I, Dr. jur. et rer. pol.
Hugo Dietrich, born on 22 December 1896 at Berlin-Spandau, residing at Luebeck,
Sofienstrasse 2a, have been duly warned, that a false affidavit on my part
renders me liable to punishment. I herewith declare on oath that my statement conforms with the truth and was made in order to be presented in evidence to the Military Tribunal at the Palace of Justice, Nuernberg, Germany. 1. I see from my expert opinion of 20 June 1938² that in my letters of 17 March and 28 March 1938 I composed a digest of |
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¹ Dietrich was not called as a witness.
² Document NT-898, Prosecution Exhibit 437, reproduced in B above
