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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-11785
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| DRAFT OF A MEMORANDUM BY CHIEF ENGINEER SANTO ON FARBEN'S CONTINUING
INVESTIGATION OF PROSPECTIVE SITES FOR THE BUNA PLANT IN SILESIA, 10 FEBRUARY
1941, DISCUSSING THE RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF RATTWITZ AND AUSCHWITZ, AND NOTING
WITH RESPECT TO AUSCHWITZ THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE
POSSIBILITY OF EMPLOYING CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH
HIMMLER, THE NECESSITY OF USING POLES AND JEWS FOR UNSKILLED LABOR, AND OTHER
MATTERS |
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Ludwigshafen, 10 February 1941
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Draft Memorandum for the files concerning investigation trip
to the Rattwitz site |
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| Subject: Buna IV |
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| Conference in Breslau on 30 January 1941 |
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| Present: |
Dr. Kroll, Regierungspraesident Dr. Mueller, Regional Planning Office
Silesia Diplomingenieur Zech, Regional Planning Office Silesia Oberingenieur
Santo, I.G. Ludwigshafen Oberingenieur Faust, Dyhernfurth |
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| The Regierungspraesident was very anxious to have this discussion in
order to become acquainted with the situation as regards the building project
of the buna plant IV. I informed him that IG was still carrying out
investigations in regard to the selection of the site, since the necessity for
lowest costs made this essential. There would be considerable disadvantages
with regard to the supply of raw materials if Rattwitz were chosen as the site
in preference to a place like Auschwitz, where coal and lime are much nearer.
In answer to this, the Regierungspraesident stated that in all probability the
same tax reductions as were granted to the Eastern Territories would also be
granted to the Gau Lower Silesia. He imagined that this fact might also
considerably improve the chances for Rattwitz. Because of concentration of
industry and labor, the Upper-Silesian district would not be as suitable for
setting up a new industry as, for instance, Rattwitz. Furthermore, he imagined
that the freight for coal and lime might be considerably reduced through the
intervention of the Gauleiter and the government with the Reich Railroad
[Reichsbahn] authorities, which would mean that there would no longer be any
misgivings concerning the freight for the raw materials. The
Regierungspraesident asked expressly that the competent gentlemen of IG should
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