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| 2. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT ILGNER |
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[Statement from the judgment concerning the personal history,
positions, and affiliations of defendant Max Ilgner: "ILGNER, Max: Born 28 June
1899, in Biebesheim, Hesse. Doctor of political science. From 1934 to 1938,
deputy member of Vorstand; 1938-1945, full member of Vorstand; 1933-1938,
member of Working Committee; 1937-1945, member of Commercial Committee;
1926-1945, chief of Farben's Berlin NW 7 office; chairman of Southeast
Committee; manager of Schkopau Bunawerke, deputy manager of Ammoniakwerk,
Merseburg; officer or member of supervisory groups of 14 concerns in 7
countries, including American I. G. Chemical Corporation, New York.
"In
1937, became member of Nazi Party; member of German Labor Front, NSKK,
[National Socialist Motor Corps] National Socialist Reich Soldier's
Association; Military Economy Leader; chairman or member of 7 advisory
committees to the government; officer or member of 41 chamber of commerce and
economic associations, and of 21 societies and clubs in Germany and abroad;
holder of a half-dozen decorations from World War I, including the Iron Cross
and Hesse Medal for Bravery, and of orders of distinction from various other
governments."] |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT
ILGNER* |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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| DR. NATH (counsel for defendant Ilgner) : I merely ask you to tell
the Tribunal in a few short words your career in Farben. |
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DEFENDANT ILGNER: In the spring of 1934, I became a deputy Vorstand
member; and in the spring of 1938, the difference between regular Vorstand
members and deputy Vorstand members was abolished in Farben, and thus I
automatically became a regular Vorstand member.
Q. Dr. Ilgner, when in
1934, as you have just said, you became a deputy Vorstand member, did you have
the same rights as any other Vorstand member?
A. Legally I did have
them, but actually I did not.
Q. How were the varying rights of the
Vorstand members illustrated; how did they differ?
A. First of all, in
pay. Then, at that time, the Working Committee of the Vorstand was still in
existence. Although since 1932-1933 I had, in my capacity of Prokurist and
titular director, participated in these meetings as a permanent guest, I was
not a member; at least I was not appointed a member. |
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* Complete testimony is
recorded in the mimeographed transcript 16, 17, 18, 19, and 22 March 1948, pp.
9252-9287; 9877-9431: 9465-9588: 9618-9706; and 9788-9769. Further extracts
from the testimony are reproduced below in sections VII D 4b, VII B
7c, and in sections VIII C 3 and VIII E 4, vol. VIII, this series.
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