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A. No, I didn't; I don't remember that anyhow.
Q. I show you
Document NI-13545, which we offer in evidence as
Prosecution Exhibit 1951.¹ It's a letter from you to Professor Selck,
September 1934. By the way, who was Professor Selck?
A. Professor Selck
was a Vorstand colleague in Frankfurt on the Main. I wrote in a letter to him
that I couldn't give any information, and advised the raw material commissariat
to call on Mr. Merbeck, who was a member of the Gestapo, and, therefore,
obligated to give information to government agencies. Whether that was actually
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f. Testimony of Defendant Oster |
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[Statement from the judgment concerning personal history, positions,
and affiliations of defendant Heinrich Oster:
OSTER, Heinrich:
Born 9 May 1878, Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine. Doctor of philosophy (chemistry).
1929-1931 deputy member of Vorstand; 1931-1945 full member of Vorstand;
1929-1938 member of Working Committee; 1937-1945 member of Commercial
Committee; 1930-1945 manager of Nitrogen Syndicate; member of East Asia
Committee and chief of Farben's sales organization for nitrogen and oil; member
of several control groups in Germany, Austria, Norway, and Yugoslavia.
Member of Nazi Party; supporting member of 55 Reitersturm
(mounted unit) ; member of Germany Labor Front; chief or member of various
sections of official or quasi-official bodies. During World War I received the
Iron Cross and several State decorations. During World War II received the war
Service Cross.] |
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT OSTER² |
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CROSS-EXAMINATION |
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MR. SPRECHER: Do you recall being present at a Commercial Committee
meeting in May of 1939 when the Commercial Committee decided that no foreigners
were to be employed at the central agencies of IG?
DEFENDANT OSTER:
Well, if I am mentioned in the list among those present, then I was certainly
present.
Q. In that connection, we will introduce Document
NI-6084, as Prosecution Exhibit 2111 3 so as to
bring into the record item 6 which is headed Employment of Foreigners by
the IG. I will see that you have a copy over the recess. I have no
further questions about that. |
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__________ ¹ Reproduced above in
subsection L 2. ² Complete testimony is recorded in the mimeographed
transcript 5, 7 April 1948. pp. 10665-10729. ³ Reproduced in part
above in subsection I 2.
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