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EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF THE PROSECUTION
WITNESS DR. FELIX
EHRMANN¹ |
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DR. BOETTCHER (counsel for defendant Krauch) : Would you now turn to
Document NI-4952, Prosecution Exhibit 464,² English Book 21, page 184;
German Book 22, page 42. Under paragraph 4 of this affidavit you say, and I
quote: "The majority of these persons acting on an honorary basis,
approximately up to 90 percent of the total number, were representatives of the
IG."
Is this figure based upon an exact survey of the individual
gentlemen in honorary offices, or is this merely an estimate on your part?
WITNESS EHRMANN: This is an estimate which was based upon the
impressions gained from negotiations carried on within the office as well as
from negotiations of other agencies.
Q. May I ask you whether it is
true that other chemical industries, apart from the IG, had expert
representatives whom they sent into the Office of the Four Year Plan in an
honorary capacity?
A. Yes, I pointed that out in the very same
affidavit.
Q. Do you know that Professor Martin of Ruhrchemie,
Professor Mueller of Krupp, Director Winkler of the Kontinentale Oel A.G., Dr.
Bartsch of the Henkel concern, Dr. Gollhofer, a director of Brown Boveri, and a
number of other well-known members of important firms were sent to the Four
Year Plan in an honorary capacity?
A. With reference to the three firms
which you just cited, Krupp, Kontinentale Oel A.G., and Brown Boveri, I do not
remember that fact. With reference to the other firms which you mentioned
— yes.
Q. Do you think it possible that an estimate would be more
correct if you said that the gentlemen sent by the IG comprised much less than
90 percent, but rather about 60 percent?
A. Counsel, at the moment I
see no grounds at all for correcting my estimate. DR. BOETTCHER: Thank you. No
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¹ Complete testimony
is recorded in the mimeographed transcript. 7 October 1947, pp. 17241745.
² Reproduced immediately above.
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