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act of treason, because this was an action carried out against the
Nazis, who had not acted correctly concerning many points where Thyssen had
good grounds for disillusionment.
10. In my affidavit of 29 April 1947
(NI-5184, Pros. Ex. 330) * I stated that Gauleiter Sprenger requested the
removal of Schmitz, von Schnitzler, and me. I recall several similar
occurrences. About 1936, Constantin Jacobi, a deputy member of the Vorstand and
Betriebsfuehrer [manager] of our Mainkur and Griesheim plants, got into some
difficulties with the German Labor front (DAF). The Gauobmann [regional leader]
of the DAF called on me and asked me to remove Jacobi as Betriebsfuehrer. I
naturally refused, stating that Jacobi was an able technical expert and that
the complaints were not justified. When Mr. Buhl, a Vorstand member, died in
1940, a titulary director named Stein desired to succeed Buhl as Vorstand
member. Stein approached and got the support of Gauleiter Sprenger. He then
took the matter up with Weber-Andreae, another Vorstand member, who then talked
it over with von Schnitzler and me. We then informed Stein that I.G. Farben
could not follow up his request. Thereafter Gauleiter Sprenger insisted,
however, and it became necessary for a Vorstand member (I believe von
Schnitzler) to further talk to Gauleiter Sprenger, whereupon the matter was
dropped. The Gau [regional] office of the NSDAP also raised some question about
Paul Haefliger as a Vorstand member, because he was a Swiss and not a German
citizen. But this question was straightened out by Haefliger's becoming a
German citizen. I recall of no other specific examples of efforts by the NSDAP
to change the direction of I.G. Farben.
11. I have carefully read each
of the 7 pages of this declaration and have placed my signature at the bottom
of each page. I have made the necessary corrections in my own handwriting and
initialed each correction in the margin. I declare herewith under oath that I
have stated the full truth to the best of my knowledge and belief. |
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| [Signed] DR. FR. TER MEER |
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