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NUERNBERG MILITARY TRIBUNAL
Volume VIII · Pages iii, iv, v, vi, & vii

CONTENTS

"THE FARBEN CASE"


(Sections I through VII of the I. G. Farben Case are contained in Volume VII. Introductory material and basic directives under which the trials were conducted are printed in the beginning of Volume VI, "The Flick Case" which is the first volume in the economic unit of this series:)

VOLUME VIII

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VIII. Plunder and Spoliation-Count Two	1
A. Introduction	1
B. Dismissal of the Charges of Spoliation as to Austria and Czechoslovakia.	2
1. Introduction	2
2. Tribunal Ruling of 22 April 1948	2
C. Poland	3
1. Introduction	3
2. Contemporaneous Documents	4
3. Testimony of Defendant llgner	32
4. Testimony of Defendant Wurster	33
5. Testimony of Defense Witness Schwab	36
6. Testimony of Defendant ter Meer	86
D. The Francolor Case in France	97
1. Introduction	97
2. Contemporaneous Documents	98
3. Testimony of Defendant ter Meer (First Part)	153
4. Testimony of Defendant Ambros	164
5. Testimony of Defendant Kugler	177
6. Testimony of Defendant ter Meer (Second Part)	211
E. Russia	255
1. Introduction	255
2. Contemporaneous Documents	256
3. Argument Concerning the Relevance of Contemporaneous Documents Offered by the Prosecution and Interlocutory Ruling of the Tribunal.	285
4. Testimony or Affidavits of Defendants Ambros, ter Meer, Haefliger, Ilgner, and Mann.	292

IX. Slave Labor — Count Three	309
A. Introduction	309
B. Number of Foreign Laborers, Prisoners of War and Concentration Camp Inmates employed by Farben.	310
C. Testimony by Dr. Hans W. Muench, Defense Witness, Concerning Knowledge of and Rumors About the Extermination of Concentration Camp Inmates in Auschwitz.	312
D. Contemporaneous Documents	321
E. Affidavits and Testimonies of Prosecution Witnesses	575
1.Arnost Tauber, Concentration Camp Inmate from Czechoslovakia	578
2. Norbert Wollheim, Concentration Camp Inmate from Germany.	589
3. Charles J. Coward, Captured British Soldier Imprisoned at Auschwitz.	603
4. Eric J. Doyle, Captured British Soldier Imprisoned at Auschwitz.	616
5. Douglas T. Frost, Captured British Soldier Imprisoned at Auschwitz.	623
F. Testimonies of Defendants	625
1. Krauch	625
2. Ter Meer	684
3. Schneider	719
4. Ambros	731
5. Gajewski	762
6. Buergin	765

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7. Buetefisch	768
8. Duerrfeld	787
G. Affidavits and Testimonies of Defense Witnesses	806
1. Otto Kirschner, Section Chief in Defendant Krauch's Office.	806
2. General Rudolf Huenermann, Official in the Military Economy and Armament Office of the High Command.	807
3. Count Carlo Ferrario, Italian Industrialist	809
4. Dr. Alfred Lingg, Official of Farben's Munich Camera Plant.	811
5. Adolf Taub, a former Inmate of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.	812
6. Fritz Schermuly, a German Convict Interned at Auschwitz Concentration Camp.	822
7. Karl Braus, Official in Charge of the Synthetic Fuel Plant of Farben's Auschwitz Plant.	832
8. Helmut Schneider, Official of the Personnel Department of Farben's Auschwitz Plant	838

X. Membership in the SS — Count Four	852
A. Introduction	852
B. Membership of the Defendant Buetefisch in the SS and in the Himmler Circle of Friends.	853

XI. Closing Statements	874
A. Introduction	874
B. For all Defendants on Fundamental Issues of Law	875
C. For Defendant Krauch	911
D. For Defendant Schmitz	935
E. For all Defendants on the Evidence on the Charges of Crimes against Peace.	952
F. For the Prosecution	988

XII. Final Statements of Defendants to the Tribunal	1055
A. Introduction	1055
B. Final Statements of Defendants	1055
1. Defendant Krauch	1055
2. Defendant Schmitz	1057
3. Defendant von Schnitzler	1059
4. Defendant Hoerlein	1063
5. Defendant Ambros	1064
6. Defendant Buergin	1065
7. Defendant Haefliger	1066
8. Defendant llgner	1069
9. Defendant Jaehne	1071
10. Defendant Kuehne	1072
11. Defendant Wurster	1075
12. Defendant Duerrfeld	1076
13. Defendant Gattineau	1079
14. Defendant von der Heyde	1079

XIII.Decision and Judgment of the Tribunal, Statement by Judge Hebert, and Sentences.	1081
Opinion and Judgment of United States Military Tribunal VI	1081
Organization of the Tribunal	1081
Jurisdiction	1082

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The Indictment	1082
The Issues	1083
The Trial	1083
Interlocutory Rulings	1084
Farben as an Instrumentality	1085
Counts One and Five	1096
Common Knowledge	1102
Personal Knowledge	1107
Waging Wars of Aggression	1124
Conspiracy	1127
Count Two	1128
Substance of the Charge	1128
The Law Applicable to Plunder and Spoliation	1131
The General Facts	1139
A. Spoliation of Public and Private Property in Poland	1141
B. The Charge of Spoliation with Reference to Norway	1144
C. Plunder and Spoliation in France	1146
1. Alsace-Lorraine	1146
2. The Francolor Agreement	1147
3. Rhone-Poulenc	1151
D. Russia	1152
Individual Responsibility	1153
Krauch	1153
Schmitz	1154
Von Schnitzler	1156
Gajewski	1157
Hoerlein	1158
Von Knieriem	1159
Ter Meer	1159
Schneider, Kuehne, and Lautenschlaeger	1160
Ambros	1160
Buergin	1161
Buetefisch	1161
Haefliger	1162
Ilgner	1163
Jaehne	1164
Mann	1164
Oster	1165
Wurster	1165
Duerrfeld, Gattineau, and von der Heyde	1166
Kugler	1167
Count Three	1167
Poison Gas	1168
Medical Experiments	1169
Farben and the Slave-Labor Program	1172
The Defense of Necessity	1174
Auschwitz and Fuerstengrube	1180
Krauch	1187
Ter Meer	1190
Other Members of the TEA and the Plant Leaders	1192
Remaining Defendants	1195
Count Four	1196
Statement of Judge Hebert	1204

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Formal Judgment and Sentences

1205

XIV. Concurring Opinion of Judge Hebert on the Charges of
Crimes Against Peace.

1211

Part I

1211

The Criminal Intent or State of Mind

1217

Part II

1237

Origin and Development of Farben

1238

Farben’s Managerial Organization and Delegations

1239

Activities of Farben in the Rearmament of Germany

1245

a. Support of Hitler and the Nazi Party

1245

b. Cooperation with the Wehrmacht

1246

c. The Four Year Plan and Economic Mobilization of
Germany for War.

1249

d. Creating and Equipping the Nazi Military Machine

1260

Explosives

1260

Synthetic Gasoline

1263

Synthetic Rubber

1264

Light Metals

1265

Chemical Warfare Agents

1268

Expansion of Plant Facilities

1269

e. Stockpiling of Critical War Materials

1271

f. Use of International Agreements to Weaken Germany's
Potential Enemies.

1273

g. Propaganda, Intelligence, and Espionage Activities

1280

               h. Steps Taken in Anticipation of War for Protection of
                   Farben's Foreign Holdings by Camouflage and
                   Projection of Plans for Economic Domination of
                    Europe in the Chemical Field.

1286

i. The Activities of Farben in Acquiring Control of the
Chemical Industry in Occupied Countries.

1291

Part III

1298

XV. Dissenting Opinion of Judge Hebert on the Charges of
Slave Labor.

1307

XVI. Confirmation and Revision of the Sentences by the Military
Governor of theUnited States Zone of Occupation.

1326

A. Introduction

1326

B. Order of the Military Governor Commuting the Sentence of
Defendant Haefliger to time served.