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| "Member of Nazi Party and German Labor Front; member of National
Socialist Bund of German Technicians and of Reich Air Raid Protection Bund;
Military Economy Leader; member of several scientific and economic
groups.] |
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EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT GAJEWSKI¹
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MR. AMCHAN: Dr. Gajewski, you referred to the construction of the
new film plant at Landsberg in about 1938 as being a normal business expansion.
Is it not a fact that one of the main reasons for that new plant was to supply
the Luftwaffe with an aerial film? Is that a fact?
DEFENDANT GAJEWSKI:
No. Aerial film? No. We made regular film. Kodak had the same kind, and perhaps
Perutz had them too. But to go there specially for an aerial film — it is
possible that we gave some authorities a military pretext so we could get
construction going, but we didn't have to go to Landsberg for aerial film. We
made all the aerial film at Wolfen.
Q. Now, I show you Document
NI-13530 which we offer as Prosecution Exhibit 1947,² which is a letter
addressed to you on 28 September 1938, by the Reich Ministry of Economics. I
call your attention to the first paragraph, and I ask you whether or not that
refreshes your recollection, whether one of the main reasons for erecting the
plant at Landsberg was to cover the requirements of the Luftwaffe for an aerial
film?
A. No, your question is not right. It was not one of the main
reasons, as is quite clear here, and as I said before, from memory, there were
several reasons given, very important reasons. When I wanted to build a plant
for color film, I couldn't tell the authorities at a time like that that I want
to make color film. They would have laughed at me. They would have said, "We
won't give you any iron for that." But if I go to them and say, "I want to make
aerial film too," then I get it immediately. And besides, a very important
reason for our going to Landsberg, as paragraph 3 says, was to take pressure
off the labor supply engaged in the production of artificial fiber. The dearth
of workers would have become even greater by the expansion of Wolfen. This is
the same as with the Steuerorgangesellschaft; there, we gave them a pretext in
order to get the approval. Our main reason was our epoch-making invention. In
order to build Landsberg and to make color film, this [production of aerial
film] was merely a pretext we gave |
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¹ Complete testimony
is recorded in the mimeographed transcript, 2 and 3 March 1948. pp. 8174-8133.
² Pertinent parts of this exhibit are reproduced immediately
following.
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