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| the Four Year Plan. Through the planned exchange of 15,000 tons per
year of aluminum for 10,000 tons per year of magnesium, this mobilization
requirement increased to 36,000 tons per year. This requirement was met through
the new military economic production plan dated 12 July 1938 according to the
following diagram: |
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6. The Growth of the Magnesium Industry since the outbreak of war
on 1 September 1939
Although Germany showed a much higher
magnesium-producing potential and production when war broke out than the rest
of the world put together, expansion of magnesium production was initiated in
conformity with the Reich Marshal's request for additional light metal
production in order to meet the requirement, particularly of the Air Force.
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6. INTERROGATION OF ALBERT SPEER CONCERNING THE
KRAUCH OFFICE AND
RELATED MATTERS |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-5821
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
482 |
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| INTERROGATION OF ALBERT SPEER BY DR. CHARMATZ [OF THE PROSECUTION] ON
2 MARCH 1947, FROM 10:00 TO 12:00 HOURS* |
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MR. CHARMATZ: Are you willing to testify under oath, Herr Speer?
ALBERT SPEER: Yes.
Q. I remind you therefore of the oath you
have taken previously.
A. Yes.
Q. Herr Speer, on 29 May 1945,
you were interrogated by an English-American team; in fact, it was the fourth
session of a series of interrogations. Can you still remember it?
A.
There were at the time so many discussions, that I could only recall the
subject matter if you would give me some pointers.
Q. In this
interrogation on 29 May 1945, which lasted from 15:00 to 17:30 hours, you were
questioned in great detail about the Reich Office for Economic Development,
about Professor |
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* This interrogation was
conducted in the prison of the Palace of Justice in Nuernberg after Speer, had
been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal
for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity (Trial of the Major War
Criminals, Vol. I pp 333 and
336).
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