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whereas in the case of the “plants essential for war economy and
general economy,” this task rested with the departments of the Reich
Ministry for Economics (Regional Economics Offices).
In view of the
fact that Prof. Krauch was not directly concerned with the armaments industry
proper, it must be assumed that the suggestion of his assistant Kirschner
concerning the employment of Russian prisoners of war did not refer to the
armaments industry proper, but to the “plants essential for war economy
and general economy”; in other words to those plants, in which it was not
prohibited by international law to employ prisoners of war. |
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| [Signed] RUDOLF HUENERMANN |
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Rheine, Westphalia
19 March 1948 |
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3. AFFIDAVIT OF COUNT CARLO FERRARIO,
ITALIAN
INDUSTRIALIST |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT TER MEER 37
TER MEER DEFENSE EXHIBIT
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AFFIDAVIT OF COUNT CARLO FERRARIO, 2 SEPTEMBER 1947,
CONCERNING
THE GOOD CHARACTER OF THE DEFENDANT
TER MEER, HIS EFFORTS TO PREVENT
ITALIAN WORKERS
FROM BEING SENT TO GERMANY, AND RELATED
MATTERS |
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Stamp L.32 Milan,
2 September 1947 |
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| Affidavit |
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I, Carlo Ferrario, Cavaliere del Lavoro, domiciled in Milan, Via A.
Baldissera 5, having been warned that I shall be liable to punishment for
making a false statement, declare herewith under oath that my statement is true
and is made in order to be submitted as evidence to the Allied Military
Tribunal in Case No. 6 (I. G. Farben) in the Palace of Justice, Nuernberg.
I have known Dr. Fritz ter Meer since 1924 when, after having given up
the sole agency for Italy of the Chemische Fabrik Sandoz of Basel, I entered
upon my connection with the German chemical industry and took over among other
activities, the agency of the Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron of Frankfort
on the Main. At that time I entered into commercial relations likewise with the
firm Chemische Fabrik vorm. Weiler ter Meer of Uerdingen, where Dr. Fritz ter
Meer carried on his activity. In 1925 both the Chemische Fabrik
Griesheim-Elektron and the Chemische Fabrik vorm. Weiler-ter Meer were taken
over by the I. G. Farben Aktiengesellschaft, and the undersigned was entrusted
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