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A. I don't remember that these things were ever discussed at all
during my visit to Boruta. That was an affair for the Party, after all, and I
did not interest myself in it.
Q. Did you know the Reich Commissioner
for the Strengthening of Germanism in the East?
A. No.
Q. Do
you know whether Farben at any time dismantled equipment from the former Polish
State property of Boruta and brought it to Germany?
A. To the best of
my knowledge, no.
Q. The documents mention a plant called Sarzyna,
which the Boruta built on orders of the Polish War Ministry. Do you know
anything about that? And particularly whether equipment was dismantled from
this Sarzyna plant and brought to Germany for Farben plants?
A. To the
best of my recollection, I have heard of this name Sarzyna only now from the
prosecution, but it is possible that I read about it earlier. However, to the
best of my knowledge, at no time was any equipment acquired by Farben from
Sarzyna and brought to Germany. Mr. Schwab too, has testified along those lines
and emphasized that Farben had nothing to do with Sarzyna.
Q. In
Document NI-6064, Prosecution Exhibit 1168,¹ in book 56, page 89 of the
English text, a plant named Blizyn is mentioned. Do you know anything about
that plant?
A. I did not know the Blizyn plant either. I do not know
anything about the events described in the document.
Q. Do you know of
any other case in which Farben acquired equipment from Polish chemical
factories?
A. No.
Q. To conclude your examination on the charge
of plunder and spoliation, I want to ask you a general question. Did you at any
time wonder whether contracts for the lease or purchase of plants violated the
principles of international law?
A. No, in these affairs I had to deal
primarily with the technical side. For the legal considerations there was the
legal department of Farben. Thus, for instance, all the contracts referring to
dyestuffs were handled by the Legal Department Dyestuffs without exception. All
correspondence went through the Directorate Department Dyestuffs, which worked
closely with the Legal Department Dyestuffs. The chief of the legal department
was Dr. Kuepper,² who has repeatedly testified here as a witness. To the
best of my conviction, he certainly would have warned me if he had detected
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¹ Not reproduced
herein.
² Gustav Kuepper testified as a prosecution witness on 13 and
28 October 1947 (tr. pp. 1933-1942: 2896-2934), and as a defense witness on 28
and 29 January 1948 (tr. pp. 5976-6051). Extracts from Kuepper's testimony as a
defense witness are reproduced in section VII F 4, volume VII, this series
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