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down in the notes do not conform to the facts. For instance, the
matter regarding the treatment of Jewish legal advisers was put down in a
completely incorrect way. In reality the situation was completely different.
The IG did not request the “TEFA” to take any measures in
case of a new “Anschluss,” and did not cause it to do anything.
After the Munich Agreement had been signed, I was informed that the Hermann
Goering Werke were interested in the plants of Aussig and Falkenau. The
chemical plant von Heyden A.G. was also mentioned as an interested party. Only
after the agreements were signed was I told that the IG was interested in it.
Also the fact that Dr. Kugler was appointed trustee came as a surprise to me.
Solln, near Munich, 4 April 1948 |
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| [Signed] KARL SEEBOHM |
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7. TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS TER MEER,
HAEFLIGER, ILGNER, AND KUGLER |
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| a. Testimony of Defendant ter Meer¹ |
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| EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT TER
MEER² |
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| DIRECT EXAMINATION |
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DR. BORNEMANN (associate counsel for defendant ter Meer): The
prosecution has offered a letter which you wrote in October 1938 to State
Secretary Brinkmann in the Reich Ministry of Economics. Will you please comment
on this letter?
DEFENDANT TER MEER: This is Exhibit 563 of the
prosecution, Document NI-4717,³ book 29,
German page 34, English page 11. I do not know exactly what the reason for this
talk with Mr. Brinkmann was, but in the report of the meeting which has been
submitted by the prosecution, several subjects were discussed. I would assume,
however, that I wanted to talk to him at the time about my trip to America,
which I was about to take. I remember this talk very well, as it took place
after a supper that lasted until late at night. On this occasion I learned that
State Secretary Brinkmann, who previously had been one of Schacht's close
collaborators, and who, after Schacht left the Reich Ministry of Economics,
held an important position there, was now com- […pletely] |
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¹ An affidavit by
Defendant ter Meer, Document ter More 2. ter Meer Defense Exhibit 9, is
reproduced above in subsection O 4.
² Further extracts from the
testimony of Defendant ter Meer are reproduced above in sections C 5, E 3, G 3,
H 4,I 7c, J 4, K 3a, L 3c, and M 3.
³ Reproduced
above in subsection O5.
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