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Q. Dr. Ambros, I now introduce as Document OA-7, Ambros Defense
Exhibit 7, again in document book 5, a chart that was already submitted for
identification previously. Have you this chart before you?¹
A.
Yes.
Q. I would like to ask you the following in connection with this
chart. Does this chart contain all Reich-owned chemical plants, as far as you
know?
A. Yes. This chart contains all Reich-owned chemical plants, as
far as I know. There's even one too many there. That is Uerdingen at the
bottom. That should be deleted. That's wrong.
Q. What was Farben's
share in these Reich-owned chemical plants, and what did the outside firms
— as Farben would be in this case — what did they have to do with
these Reich-owned plants at all? Why were they there?
A. As shown by
this chart, in the left column, the firms DAG, Wasag. Wolff, Goldschmidt,
Hagenuk,² etc., are only supervisory firms. That is to say, they are not
the owners, but they have certain chemical "know-how," and they are required by
the Reich to make this "know-how" available to the Reich, free of charge, for
the construction of all these factories which are listed in the red square.
They have the task of directing the enterprise, of constructing the enterprise
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Q. In this chart I also find above the names Gendorf and
Dyhernfurth, the name of another firm, Anorgana G.m.b.H. We spoke about this
briefly yesterday, but I believe now is the time to explain briefly what the
Anorgana was, and what you had to do with this enterprise.
A. When such
a plant of the Montan Company had been constructed — let us take the
example of Gendorf — and when this plant had to start operating, a private
enterprise, for instance I.G. Farben, was put in charge of operations. IG.
Farben did not want to operate this plant as one of theirs, because these
military assignments were not in their line. They chose for the work a
leasehold company, on the board of which sat fully responsible representatives
of the OKH, who had given the orders and were the owners of the plant. For
instance, in the case of Gendorf, when in 1942 production was started, the
leasehold company of Anorgana was founded, a board was appointed, |
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¹ This chart, entitled
"Planning and Construction of Reich-owned Chemical Plants." purports to list
all Reich-owned chemical plants, the firms operating them, the mother-companies
of the operating firms, and the products manufactured in these plants. It is
not reproduced herein.
² Hagenuk refers to Hanseatische
Apparatebaugesellschaft Neufeldt und Kuhnke, a firm in Kiel.
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