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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-3949¹ PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 550 |
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| LETTER FROM KAHNIS TO OTTO ERNST FLICK, WORKS MANAGER OF THE
ROMBACHER HUETTENWERKE, 4 FEBRUARY 1943, WITH COPIES TO DEFENDANTS FLICK AND BURKART, CONCERNING ROMBACH'S PRODUCTION OF STEEL FOR SHELLS |
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| Plant Manager, Director Otto Ernst Flick² Rombacher Huettenwerke G.m.b.H. |
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| Rombach (Westmark) | |
Commercial director. /L |
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| Erection of a SM (Siemens-Martin) furnace in Rombach. Dear Mr. Flick, As you know, armor-piercing shells have top priority at present. Rombach has already been detailed for Doehlen and other firms for steel armor plate, which, however, has to be smelted in an electric furnace. As there is also a shortage of the necessary cap material for armor piercing shells, this would probably be the best justification for the erection of a Siemens-Martin furnace (the cap material is Siemens-Martin material), because this production also has top priority. According to information from my Berlin office, this is also the opinion of Inspector Erdmann. As Rombach already manufactures electro-steel for armor-piercing shells, the cap material, in my opinion, is the best justification for the Siemens-Martin furnace. I should be grateful if you would let me know by return mail the decision taken by the OKH [Supreme Command of the Array] representatives who visited you recently with respect to the pressing and scraping for 122's, 128's or 150's, respectively. With kind regards, |
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| To: Director General Dr.
Flick Director Dr. Burkart |
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| Yours truly, [Signed] KAHN'S |
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¹ This document contained a number of other items concerned with production by Rombach and other Lorraine plants for the military economy and armament of Germany.
² Son of defendant Flick.
