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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-8461
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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EXTRACTS FROM A CONFERENCE OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
FARBEN PLANT
LEADERS AT LEVERKUSEN UNDER THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF DEFENDANT KUEHNE, 21 APRIL
1933, CONCERNING AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS |
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| Report of the Conference of Plant Leaders on 21 April 1933 at
Leverkusen |
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| Under the chairmanship of Kuehne, the following were present: Stange,
Hilpert, and 149 plant leaders [Betriebsfuehrer]. |
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Schunck points out that, having issued gas masks to a large part of
our employees and trained them for protection against gas attacks, we must also
start training for the protection of our plant against air raids, for giving
alarms, classifying employees into active or passive squads, etc. The Reich
Association of German Industry some time ago reemphasized that, for the time
being, the industries which are left independent may not be required to incur
expenses for work which falls within the framework of civil work for protection
against air raids under the supervision of the Reich Commissioner for Aviation.
On the other hand, this privileged position makes it obligatory that all work
which can be executed without incurring expenses should be carried out as soon
as possible. In conferences, government representatives have already stressed
the fact that industry would be forced by means of official orders to undertake
expensive work if it were seen that the firms, whose protections against air
raids must be prepared (the Leverkusen plant is one of these), have not decided
at least to carry out the tasks which do not involve expenditure; that is the
so-called first measures. The liaison offices for confidential matters
[Vertrauensstellen] — ours is the Langnamverein¹ in Duesseldorf
— are to investigate whether the plant air-raid precautions chief has
started work on the first measures. First measures are —
1. An
appointment of a member of the management who is to supervise all work
concerning air-raid precautions. Baurat² Hilpert has been designated for
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¹ Literally
translated. “Long name association.” The proper name of this
association is: “Association for Safeguarding the Entire Economic
Interests in the Rhineland and Westphalia [Verein zur Wahrung der gesamten
wirtschaftlichen Interessen in Rheinland und Westfalen]”.
²
‘Baurat’ a title given to architects employed in government service.
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