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b. Gas-detection powder, used for detecting chemical warfare
agents on the ground, particularly mustard gas, was also delivered to the Army
before the war and stored in Army depots.
c. Aniline, at the
instigation of the Army, was stored before the war in the Wolfen works to the
extent of about 1,000 tons; it was intended primarily as raw material for the
manufacture of stabilizers.
d. Stabilizers, which were
manufactured in the Uerdingen works chiefly for export and for delivery to
explosives firms, were, as from the end of 1938, also manufactured in the
Army's own Z-plant¹ in Wolfen. This factory stood on Reich-owned land,
about 300 meters distant from the Wolfen dyestuffs factory. We were
commissioned to administer this factory and were also responsible for the
running of the works. The factory remained, however, the property of the Reich
and was only leased to us. Dr. Buergin was the competent member of the Vorstand
for this matter.
The products of this factory went for the most part to
the explosives firms, which, by orders of the Wehrmacht, stored the goods; and
a smaller portion of them was placed in one of the reserve depots erected by
the Wehrmacht, which, as far as I know, was in Neuhof near Fulda. During the
course of the war, a stock of about 2,000 tons was assembled in this
storehouse, which was used up, however, by the end of the war.
Furthermore, I.G. Farben was commissioned to adapt, in Uerdingen, goods
originating from two French stabilizer factories (of which Saint-Denis was
one), so as to make them conform to the technical requirements for delivery to
the German Army. These goods were also delivered to the Army for stockpiling,
e. Diglycol, which was used for the manufacture of antiaircraft
gunpowder, was stored in the above-mentioned Army-owned Z-plant in Wolfen,
besides the current deliveries to the gunpowder-producing firms of the
explosives industry.
f. Triglycol was likewise stored in the
Army-owned depot at Wolfen, but this supply was gradually taken over for the
manufacture of brake fluid and Kochbad-Fluessigkeit.²
g.
Smoke-producing acids [Nebelsaeure] were stored in large Navy warehouses in
Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. Deliveries took place continuously from 1939 onwards in
tank cars.
h. Weapon decontaminating agents, a product developed
at the instigation of the Army Ordnance Office for the removal of liquid
chemical warfare agents from weapons and other metal imple-
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¹ The code name for a
certain part of the Wolfen plant, the construction of which was ordered by
Ministerialrat Zahn chief of the Procurement Division of the Army Ordnance
Office.
² A fluid used in German field kitchens in double-walled
cooking vessels.
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