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Krauch and the other Farben technicians and scientists retained their
positions with Farben and continued to receive their salaries from Farben while
holding governmental positions.
34. The defendants herein, and other
Farben officials and technicians held key positions in other German Government
agencies and offices which participated in Germany's mobilization for war. The
defendant Schmitz was a member of the Reichstag. He was also a member of the
Board of Directors of the Reichsbank and president of its Currency Committee.
The defendants von Schnitzler Gattineau and Mann were members of the Council
for Propaganda of the German Economy. In the Ministry of Armaments and War
Production, the defendant Ambros was in charge of buna production and the
Chemical Warfare Committee; the defendant Buetefisch headed the Hydrogenation
Committee and the Economic Group for Liquid Fuels; the defendant Wurster was in
charge of sulphur and sulphuric compounds production. Farben employees were
also employed in the High Command of the Wehrmacht, the Labor Front, the
Ministry of Aviation, and the Military Economics and Armaments Office of
General Thomas. Numerous Farben officials abroad held leading positions in the
Auslandsorganisation (the Foreign Organization) of the NSDAP, and other
government and Party organizations abroad.
35. From 1934 on, the
Reichsgruppe Industrie (Reich Group Industry), representing all of German
industry, and the Wirtschaftsgruppe Chemische Industrie (Economic Group
Chemical Industry), exercised governmental powers in the planning of German
mobilization for war. These Economic Groups, on behalf of the German High
Command, prepared Germany's industrial mobilization plans in conjunction with
the various industries. In the Reich Group Industry, the defendant Schmitz was
a member of the Engerer Beirat (Advisory Council). The defendants Schmitz, von
Schnitzler, and Jaehne were members of the Grosser Beirat (Greater Advisory
Council). Farben was represented on all of the Group's important committees. In
the Economic Group Chemical Industry, von Schnitzler was deputy chairman and
member of the Engerer Beirat (Advisory Council). The defendant ter Meer was a
member of the Praesidium. The Group was subdivided into "Fachgruppen"
(Subgroups), many of which were directed by Farben officials, including the
defendants Wurster, Oster, von Schnitzler, Ambros, and others.
36.
Farben's domination of the chemical sector of the Four Year Plan and its role
in the government as a whole was so well known that Farben was considered by
Albert Speer to have been "promoted to governmental status" and was frequently
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