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5. On 14 June 1939 I met Dr. Gajewski in the Hotel Adlon in Berlin at
a meeting which had been suggested by the Generaldirektor of the IG, Geheimrat
Schmitz, to discuss the situation created by my intention to emigrate to
Brazil. Dr. Gajewski informed me that the Vorstand of the IG did not object to
my emigration, despite my great expert knowledge, especially in the field of
photography. He advised me to get in touch from Brazil with the Agfa subsidiary
in the U.S.A., the Agfa Ansco in Binghamton, N. Y., (whose machines I had built
myself in Wolfen in 1927/28) and to try to reach a working agreement with them.
He himself would recommend me to the executives in Binghamton to help me to
conclude such a contract. In view of the prevailing political situation, I was
very much astonished by Dr. Gajewski's offer. Several days later I received the
letter from the Vorstand of the IG, of which a photostatic copy is enclosed,
which bears the signature of Dr. Gajewski. The copies of my answers are also
attached.*
The sentence in my letter to Dr. Gajewski, dated 29 June
1939, "I shall never forget what you are doing for me now" I feel I ought to
use on behalf of Dr. Gajewski who, I hear, is himself now in a difficult
situation. That is why I feel compelled to make the above declaration under
oath in favor of Dr. Gajewski. |
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[Signed] DR. GERHARD OLLENDORFF |
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D. Propaganda, Intelligence, Espionage, and Related Matters
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I. INTRODUCTION |
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One of the major subdivisions of count one of the indictment was
entitled "I.G. Farben Carried on Propaganda, Intelligence, and Espionage
Activities."
The specifications were set forth in nine paragraphs
(58-66). A vast quantity of evidence was adduced on these charges by both the
prosecution and the defense. The selections from this evidence reproduced
herein have been grouped as follows: contemporaneous documents (2 below) ; an
affidavit of the prosecution affiant Guenther Hausen, Farben bookkeeper,
concerning disbursement by Farben agencies abroad to German diplomatic agencies
and the Foreign Organization of the Nazi Party after 1940; and testimony by
three defendants Mann, Ilgner, and Schneider. The materials reproduced herein
have a particularly close relation to those in the preceding subsection, "C.
The Alleged Alliance of Farben with Hitler and the Nazi
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__________ * The enclosures are not
reproduced herein.
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