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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-049 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 534 |
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| LETTER FROM VON HANNEKEN TO POENSGEN, 31 JANUARY 1941, SHOWING GERMAN CONCERNS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE IRON SMELTING WORKS IN LORRAINE AND LUXEMBOURG ON BEHALF OF THE REICH WITH CONDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE AFTER THE WAR, ALLOTMENT OF ROMBACH TO FLICK, AND RELATED MATTERS | |
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| The Reich Minister of Economics II EM 3 No. 31132/41 |
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| Berlin,
W 8, 31 January 1941 43 Behrenstrasse Telephone: No. 16 4351 |
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| To the Chief of the Economic Group Iron Producing Industry
Generaldirektor Dr.-Ing. eh. Ernst Poensgen Duesseldorf Stahlhof Subject: Iron smelting works in Lorraine and Luxembourg. The Reich Marshal ordered upon suggestion that the smelting works located in the districts of Lorraine and Luxembourg should be cared for, directed and managed on their own account by individual persons or enterprises suited to manage concerns, on behalf of the Reich. After the return of peacetime economic conditions these trustees, unless conditions are changed by circumstances, are to be given an opportunity to purchase the Plants which they have administered. They must obligate themselves, in acquiring the property which they have taken over, not to sell directly or indirectly to third persons in whole or in part, without the approval of the Reich. The following are appointed trustees: |
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| In Lorraine | ||
| Works | Previous Owner | Trustee |
| 1. Karlshuette | Hauts Fourneaux et | Roechling'sche |
| Aciéries de Thionville | Eisen-und Stahl- werke, G.m.b.H. Voelklingen/Saar | |
* Another item of correspondence which was contained in this document shows that copies of this letter were sent on 5 February 1941 to various subdivisions of the Economic Group Iron Producing Industry and to various officials and industrial leaders.
