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c. Affidavit of Dr. Hans Wagner. Official of
Farben's
Liaison Office Wehrmacht |
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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-8925
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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EXTRACTS FROM AN AFFIDAVIT OF DR. HANS WAGNER,
11 JUNE
1947 |
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I, Dr. Hans Wagner, born on 9 July 1903 in Frankfurt am Main,
chemist in the I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G. from 1928-1945, member of
Vermittlungsstelle W, Berlin NW 7, present address Stierstadt-Taunus,
Untergasse 10, after having been warned that I shall be liable to punishment
for making a false statement, herewith declare the following under oath of my
own free will and without coercion:
1. In 1928 I joined the Hoechst
plant as laboratory chemist, and remained there until the middle of February
1938, when I was transferred to the Vermittlungsstelle W in Berlin. My
personnel file was, however, kept in Frankfurt from then on, at the request of
Dr. ter Meer. In the Vermittlungsstelle W, I took over the work relating to
patents, mainly for Sparte II and partly for Sparten I and III; furthermore,
developmental work and supplies to the Wehrmacht within the range of Sparte I.
2. The first mobilization plans were drawn up at the end of 1936 or the
beginning of 1937, as far as I know. The setting up of these plans was done as
follows: All Wehrmacht offices sent in their requirements for the various war
products via the Military Economics Staff [Wehrwirtschaftsstab] of the High
Command of the Wehrmacht (Chief: General Thomas), to the Reich Office
[Reichsstelle] Chemistry (at that time still Economic Group Chemical Industry
— that is, Dr. Ungewitter). These requirements were then forwarded to the
IG with the inquiry as to whether they could be met in the event of
mobilization.
All these products in question were strictly war
products. With regard to peacetime production, the Wehrmacht or Dr. Ungewitter
determined for the IG, this being binding, to what extent production had to be
cut in the event of mobilization.
3. Vermittlungsstelle W forwarded the
requirements of the Wehrmacht, or rather of the Reich Office Chemistry, to the
technical department of the various works, and the mobilization executives
[Mob-Beauftragten] of the individual plants then developed detailed production
schemes for the event of mobilization. The mobilization production scheme of
each individual plant was then adapted to the mobilization production schemes
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