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| concerning "WIFO" plants (2 below); testimony of the defendants ter
Meer and von Knieriem on stand-by plants of the "Montan" type (3 below); a
number of contemporaneous documents (4 below); extracts from the testimony of
Defense Witness Ehmann (5 below); and testimony of Defendant Ambros (6
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2. AFFIDAVIT AND TESTIMONY OF
PROSECUTION WITNESS DIEKMANN
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-10540
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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AFFIDAVIT OF DR. HEINRICH DIEKMANN,
4 SEPTEMBER
1947 |
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I, Dr. Heinrich Diekmann, born on 15 March 1901, chemist of I.G.
Farbenindustrie A.G. from 1926-1945; head of the department of Sparte I in
Vermittlungsstelle W, Berlin, since 1936; chief of counterintelligence [Abwehr]
of Vermittlungsstelle W, Berlin, since 1937/38; deputy chief of
counterintelligence for technical matters for I.G. Farben Plants since 1940;
representative of the Plenipotentiary General for Special Questions of Chemical
Production in the Armaments Ministry for the Working Committee in the Special
Committee V (Preliminary Products in the Powder and Explosives Main Committee),
from 1942-1945; Prokurist of I.G. Farbenindustrie AG. since 1941; and at
present, deputy chief of B.A.S.F. [Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik],
Ludwigshafen, after having been warned that I shall be liable to punishment for
making false statements, herewith declare the following under oath, of my own
free will and without coercion:
1. In 1926, I joined the Badische
Anilin- und Sodafabnik as chemist. I remained there until 1934 as nitrogen
expert. That year I was transferred to the office of Sparte I, where I worked
until 1936. In 1936, I was commissioned to go to Vermittlungsstelle W, Berlin,
to take over the management of this office for Sparte I. In that position, I
had to deal with and supervise all matters of Sparte I.
2. In
1934-1936, during my activity in the Oppau Sparte Office, I learned for the
first time of the existence in Germany of “shadow factories” or
stand-by plants; I learned this either from files or from oral communications
by Dr. Goldberg, Oberingenieur [Senior Engineer] Forsthoff, Dr. Beck, or
others. The first shadow factory within the sphere of the Nitrogen Sparte was
constructed in Doeberitz by our Oberingenieur Forsthoff, Ludwigshafen
Construction Office. In the Sparte Office, we knew of the production
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