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3. AFFIDAVIT OF PROSECUTION WITNESS WAGNER
ON STOCKPILING  
 
  TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-8979
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 734
 
AFFIDAVIT OF DR. HANS WAGNER, 16 JUNE 1947¹ 
 
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 required
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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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