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of absence, or should be
dismissed at the earliest possible date. Likewise, the members of Aufsichtsrats
and Verwaltungsrats, insofar as they are non-Aryans, are to be asked to give up
their mandates.” |
In this connection, I should like to state the following: the wording
of the minutes apes the spirit, or rather, the evil spirit, of Nazidom, and
represents therefore a negation of the spirit in which the IG treated the
question of non-Aryans. The minutes of IG meetings were, so to speak, shop
windows. They contained therefore, some items which were mere “window
dressing,” dummies exhibited for purposes of decoration.* Thus the passage
quoted above was inserted so that reference could be made to it when dealing
with government or Party authorities. This theory also offers an intelligible
explanation for the reference to Geheimrat Schmitz, who was not responsible for
decisions of such questions at all, but whose name was pressed into service for
that purpose. I have been in a position to observe that Schmitz strove to
surpass, by additional financial assistance, et cetera, the normal generosity
of the IG in paying compensation, in those exceptional cases in which he was
involved. Actually conditions were as follows: Austria having been made Reich
territory by the Anschluss, there could be no doubt at all that the continued
employment of non-Aryans in IG organizations would not be permitted. But those
who took part in the meeting had not the shadow of a doubt that nothing must be
left untried to ensure that those who left were treated as decently and
generously as possible from the financial point of view.
The
committee’s decision was a favorable one for those affected, because
Farben, by publicly stating its decision to discharge the non-Aryans, had made
clear its obligation to compensate them. The decision does not mention the
regulations, according to which the matter should have been handled, as their
inclusion would have made the desired aim illusionary. |
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| [Signed] KURT KRUEGER |
| Miesbach, 31 December 1947 |
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| O. Knowledge of Aggressive Intent |
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| I. INTRODUCTION |
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| Both the judgment of the Tribunal (sec. XIII, vol. VIII, this
series) and the concurring opinion of Judge Hebert on the charges of crimes
against peace (sec. XIV, vol. VIII, this series) found that all of the
defendants were not guilty of crimes against |
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* Concerning the defense of
"window dressing." see subsection V, above.
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