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questions of chemical production. Whether he secured a responsible
position for himself by agreement with the Plenipotentiary for Chemistry, I
don't know. With the taking over of the Armaments Office, however, the
so-called "supervision" ("Betreuung") of the most important chemical works was
transferred to my Ministry.
Q. What did this "supervision" by the
Armaments Office consist of?
A. I cannot give any details of it for the
chemical field, because I don't know which part of the usual, and to you
familiar, tasks of supervision was actually carried out by the Armaments Office
in connection with chemistry. |
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| Affidavit |
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I, Albert Speer, declare herewith that, after having been properly
sworn, I have made these statements according to my best knowledge and belief.
As token of the accuracy of the minutes transcribed by the reporter, I have
specially signed each individual page.
Sworn by me
Nuernberg, 28 March 1947
[Signed] J. P. CHARMATZ
O.U.S.C.C. |
| [Signed] ALBERT SPEER |
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| 7. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS KRAUCH AND AMBROS |
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| a. Testimony of Defendant Krauch |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF
DEFENDANT KRAUCH*
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. BOETTCHER (counsel for defendant Krauch) : Dr. Krauch, before
the recess we had finished the topic on which I was questioning you, so that I
can start with a new point without making a summary. We have now arrived at the
year 1936, when the government approached you for the first time asking you
whether you would be prepared to accept a position in the building up of the
state economic organization. Would you please describe briefly how it came
about and, with a few words, will you please explain your motives?
DEFENDANT KRAUCH: It was April 1936 when I was approached by a man who,
up to that time, had been unknown to me — whose |
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* Further extracts are
reproduced above in subsections C 5a and F 3, and below in subsections G a, H
4a, I 7a, L 3a, and N 5b and in section IX F 1. volume VIII, this series.
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