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b. Affidavit of Dr. Ernst Struss
Introduced by the
Defense |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT TER MEER 65
TER MEER DEFENSE EXHIBIT
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AFFIDAVIT OF DR. ERNST STRUSS,
21 JANUARY
1948 |
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| I, Dr. Ernst August Struss, residing in Frankfurt/Main, Gaertnerweg
59, of German nationality, having been cautioned that any false statement on my
part will render me liable to punishment, and that the following statement
regarding the inspection reports of the Dynamit Aktiengesellschaft will be
submitted as evidence to the Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, hereby declare on
oath, voluntarily and without coercion: |
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| Inspection Reports on the Dynamit
Aktiengesellschaft |
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The annual inspection reports of the DAG proper and of the firms
affiliated to the DAG were submitted to the office of the Technical Committee
regularly and perused by me. I never submitted these reports to Dr. ter Meer,
because I knew that he was not interested in them.
On several occasions
the Verwertchemie* was also mentioned in the inspection reports of the Dynamit
A.G. However, I never formed a clear idea regarding this company, since the
name Verwertchemie did not mean anything in particular to me. The office of the
Technical Committee never received any reports from the Verwertchemie.
The turnover figures of the Dynamit A.G. which I have submitted to Dr.
ter Meer occasionally, together with the turnover figures for the IG, were not
taken from the inspection reports but from statements which we received
quarterly from the central bookkeeping department.
Frankfurt/Main, 21
January 19481948 |
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| (Signed) DR. ERNST A. STRUSS |
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The above signature, which I hereby acknowledge of Dr. Ernst A.
Struss, residing in Frankfurt/M. Gaertnerweg 59, was executed before me here,
on 21 January 1948, which I hereby certify and attest.
Frankfurt/M., 21
January |
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(Signed) HELMUTH HENZE
Defense Counsel at Case VI before
the
Military Tribunal in Nuremberg |
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* The “Gesellschaft or
Verwertung Chemischer Erzeugnisse m.b.H.,” a DAG subsidiary established
for the construction and operation of stand-by plants of the Armed Forces. The
abbreviated name “Verwertchemie” was commonly used in both the
documents and the testimony.
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