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consisting of three people from the OKH and three people from Farben
— I think I am wrong; there were four people each. Anorgana, of course,
needed a business manager, and that position was taken over by me on an
honorary basis.
Q. Did Anorgana make any profits and, if so, what was
done with this money?
A. In the beginning, Anorgana only tried — I
must explain this. The plant belonged to the Reich. The customer was the Reich.
So there was no real loss, but there were no profits either. For instance, the
tabun factory in Dyhernfurth had no possibility of making any profit. In the
glycol and diglycol plants in Gendorf, however, there were profits. From these
profits the Reich took one-half for itself. An arrangement had been made in the
beginning according to which the Reich would be satisfied with one-third, but
very soon thereafter the Reich took one-half. Besides that, the Reich took over
the entire sum of amortization as far as that could be calculated in with the
products sold. Farben's policy, however, was not to make anything from
Anorgana. That was the directive issued by Geheimrat Schmitz. We didn't want to
make any profit from Anorgana, and this point of view you find expressed also
when, in 1943 or 1944, I suggested that the share of profit falling to Farben
should be used for the foundation of a fund for the employees. My great anxiety
was that during the production of the dangerous poison gas, tabor, some
disaster might happen, and since these firms did not have the social welfare
machinery that Farben did, we needed additional assistance, and for that an
employees' fund for Anorgana was intended.
Q. These plants, Gendorf and
Dyhernfurth, were partly projected already before the war, is that correct?
A. No. Only Gendorf was planned before the war.
Q. Yes. A. The
idea to build Dyhernfurth came about on 12 December 1939, after Hoerlein, ter
Meer, and I had been given the order, on 7 September 1939 (by the OKH), to
construct a plant for the production of tabun.
Q. I want to revert
briefly once more to the solution that you found in connection with the
erection of such plants; I have in mind Luranil. Will you describe to us
briefly what this Luranil G.m.b.H. was?
A. After the war broke out,
orders for the construction of Reich-owned military plants increased and Farben
had to take over such orders more and more. When problems were concerned that
could only be solved by Farben, for chemical reasons, I, together with the
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