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[Auf…] sichtsrat of DAG by Bosch, Duisburg, Gajewski, and
Schmitz. Finally, Director General Dr. Paul Mueller* of DAG was a member of the
IG-TEA [Technical Committee]. All credit applications of DAG were discussed in
the IG-TEA which, with this exception, was entirely composed of I.G. Farben
men. This meant in fact that DAG required IG's approval for any replacement or
enlargement or new building, or the purchase of a site or machinery. DAG was
thus completely dependent on IG in the fields of finance and investments.
II. I.G. Farben also had a dominating position in the production of
intermediates for explosives. I.G. Farben manufactured the following
intermediates in its plants: |
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Synthetic toluol |
Waldenburg |
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Nitro and binitrotoluol |
Leverkusen
Griesheim
Hoechst |
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Binitrobenzene |
Leverkusen
Griesheim
Hoechst |
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Dinitrodiphenylamine |
Ludwigshafen |
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Guanidine nitrate |
Leverkusen |
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Ethylenediaminenitrate |
Ludwigshafen |
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Pentaerythrite |
Ludwigshafen |
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Preliminary product for hexogen |
Hoechst |
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Hexamethylenetetramine |
Elberfeld |
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Stabilizers |
Uerdingen
Wolfen
Auschwitz (planned) |
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III. According to my estimate, I.G. Farben and its subsidiaries, DAG
and WASAG, manufactured 84 percent of Germany's explosives and 70 percent of
Germany's gunpowder from its nitrogen and intermediates production.
I
have carefully read each of the 3 pages of this declaration, and have signed
them personally. I have made the necessary corrections in my own handwriting
and initialed them, and I declare herewith under oath that I have given the
pure truth to the best of my knowledge and conscience. |
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| [Signed] DR. ERNST A. STRUSS |
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* Deceased at the time of
the Farben Trial.
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