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| [chemi…] cal industry with its own operations, and participated
in the subjugation of the Czechoslovakian economy to the German economy and in
the destruction of its former independence. |
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97. In Poland the three major chemical industrial firms were
Przemysl Chemiczny Boruta, S.A. Zgierz (Boruta) Chemiczna Fabryka Wola
Krzysztoporska (Wola), and Zaklady Chemiczne w Winnicy (Winnica).
98.
In anticipation of the invasion of Poland, Farben, as early as July 1939, began
preparing plans for absorbing the chemical industry of Poland. Immediately
following the invasion of Poland, on 7 September 1939, the defendant von
Schnitzler sent a telegram to Krueger, a Farben official, requesting him to
contact the Reich Ministry of Economics to inform it of the status of the
Polish chemical factories. Krueger was specifically instructed to inform the
government officials that it was the considered judgment of Farben that the
"considerable and valuable stocks of raw materials, intermediates, and finished
products" of the Polish plants should be utilized by Farben experts "in the
interests of the German economy." At a subsequent meeting between the defendant
von Schnitzler, Krueger, and officials of the Reich Ministry of Economics, on
14 September 1939, Farben formally requested that it be appointed "trustee" of
the Boruta, Wola, and Winnica plants. On 21 September 1939, the Ministry of
Economics approved the appointment of Farben's representatives as "trustees."
99. Under Farben "trusteeship" the fate of the three Polish chemical
firms followed closely the pattern set by Farben even before the invasion had
taken place. Boruta, the largest of the dyestuff companies, was "purchased" by
Farben from the German sequestrator. Farben obtained Winnica through special
"negotiations" with the French after the occupation of France. Wola was closed
down after defendant von Schnitzler notified the Ministry of Economics that it
was owned by a non-Aryan family. What was left of the machinery and equipment
after the Farben "trustees" stripped the plant was later sold, Farben being one
of the purchasers.
100. Farben expanded its Polish facilities,
increased the production of chemicals and other related products essential to
the German military machine, integrated the entire Polish chemical industry
with its own operation, and participated in the subjugation of the Polish
economy to the German economy and in the destruction of its former
independence. |
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