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3. AFFIDAVIT OF PROSECUTION WITNESS WAGNER ON STOCKPILING
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TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-8979 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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AFFIDAVIT OF DR. HANS WAGNER, 16 JUNE 1947¹ |
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I, Dr. Hans Wagner, born 9 July 1903 in Frankfurt/Main, chemist of
the I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G. from 1928-1945, member of the Vermittlungsstelle
W, Berlin NW 7, at present residing in Stierstadt am Taunus, Untergasse 10,
having been warned that I render myself liable to punishment for any false
statement, hereby declare voluntarily, under oath and without coercion as
follows:
1. In 1928 I entered the Hoechst Works as research chemist and
remained there until the middle of February 1938, when I was transferred to
Vermittlungsstelle W [Liaison Office Wehrmacht] in Berlin. My personnel file,
however, was kept from then on in Frankfurt, at the request of Dr. ter Meer. In
Vermittlungsstelle W, I took over the work on patent questions, principally for
Sparte II, and partially for Sparten I and III; also the development work and
deliveries to the Wehrmacht in the province of Sparte IT.
2. The bulk
of the orders for stockpiling was given first through Dr. Ehmann of Mun
6,² then through the Luftwaffe and through the Navy. Orders for
stockpiling were issued through the Reich Office [for Economic Development] and
the Economic Group Chemistry.
I make the distinction between orders and
stockpiling for the following reasons. Under "stockpiling orders" I understand
the storing of products, for the supply of which a formal order was issued to
the IG, and for which, after delivery, payment was made by the office placing
the order.
Under "directives for stockpiling," I understand the
establishment of dispersal or intermediate depots, the goods stored therein
remaining the property of Farben.
3. The principal products stored were
those which were no longer easy to obtain on the open market, or which were
war-essential.
Whenever the I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G. undertook
stockpiling for the Wehrmacht, the latter at the beginning always
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__________ ¹ Dr. Wagner was not
specifically cross-examined by the defense concerning this affidavit. This
affidavit (Pros. Ex. 784) was introduced on 28 September 1947 (tr. p. 1313). On
8 October 1947, Dr. Wagner was cross-examined by the defense concerning a
number of other affidavits he had given to the prosecution (tr. pp. 1797-1814).
² Department 6, of Army Ordnance Office, in charge of production of
ammunition.
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