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plant vas concerned, a further contract was concluded. That was the
lease contract, concluded usually by the Anorgana which was owned to 100
percent by Farben and Montan.
Q. Thank you very much. Do you know
whether their Montan contracts were more or less a compulsory order by the
Reich to Farben in certain chemical fields?
A. Yes,
I believe that certainly; especially the field which concerned
Dyhernfurth.¹ There, certainly, force was exerted by the Reich, because
Farben did not want to have anything to do with it. |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-14668
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
2008 |
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EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF A MEETING AT FARBEN'S
BITTERFELD
PLANT, 16 AUGUST 1935, CONCERNING THE
CONSIDERATION OF TEUTSCHENTHAL AS A
STAND-BY
PLANT FOR THE ARMY ORDNANCE OFFICE² |
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| Minutes of the Meeting on 16 August 1935 at
Bitterfeld |
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| Present: |
Director Dr. Pistor, Director Meyer-Kuester, Director Dr. Buergin,
Director Dr. Jaeger, Director Dr. Suchy, Dr. Lang, Dr. Hochstetter, Dr. Wagner
(ferrophosphorus [dept.]), Dr. Meyer |
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2. Stand-by plant Army Ordnance Office
As a stand-by plant
only Teutschenthal will be considered, because it is hardly worthwhile to fit
up Altherzberg and Rhina, and in Bitterfeld-North the erection of a new foundry
would be necessary. As a basis for a final discussion with the Army Ordnance
Office, a production plan for Teutschenthal and Bitterfeld-North should be
worked out on the basis of a total production of 50, or 100 and 150 tons of
ferro-alloys. The costs for restoring Teutschenthal are estimated at 180,000
reichsmarks. Likewise the ratio for power (possibility of reduction in the
price of power which today amounts to 2.7 pfennig per kilowatt) is still to be
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¹ The field concerning
"Dyhernfurth" was the poison gas field, in this case the poison gas "labor."
Farben agreed with the OKH to construct this plant, using Farben's construction
company, Luranil G.m.b.H. Anorgana G.m.b.H., a 100 percent subsidiary of
Farben, was responsible for the maintenance and operation of the plant
(NI-4989 Pros. Ex. 126).
2 This plant was later placed in operation.
See letter of the Reich Ministry of Aviation. 23 June 1936, Document
NI-4497, Prosecution Exhibit 571, reproduced
above in subsection F 2.
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