spoke about, or mentioned,
‘Textile Shells’ (Textilhuelsen). The meaning was common knowledge,
and therefore everybody grinned whenever ‘Textile Shells’
(Textilhuelsen) were transported through the plant.
“4. Alien as
well as Stassfurth had been built with loans made by the Air Force (Luftwaffe);
and the I. G. Farben was given 5 years for the repayment of the loans and
special amortization privileges. The Air Force (Luftwaffe) also paid much more
than the cost price for magnesium and took the entire production of the plants.
During the first 2 years’ existence of Aken, at least 90 percent of the
magnesium produced in Aken and Bitterfeld were made into these tubes and
shipped out. * * * ” |
| In 1938, arrangements were made between Farben and the Reich Air
Ministry for “a second milling plant for Bi IV/1-powder.” Bi
IV/1-powder is explained as a powder consisting of aluminum and magnesium half
and half used in flares and incendiary bombs. In a letter from the Reich
Ministry of Aviation and Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe to Farben, dated 7
September 1938 [NI-6483, Pros. Ex. 581], it was
stated: |
| |
" * * * It is to be planned for a
monthly production of 75 tons of Bi IV/1-powder under the mobilization program.
It must be expressly confirmed by you that the total production in the event of
mobilization will amount to 150 tons monthly in both
plants. |
| “II. Implementation of your Plan |
| |
“In enlarging your
Bitterfeld plant to the size necessary for the above-mentioned task, all
measures necessary to ensure the quickest possible commencement of production
are to be taken.” |
| With reference to the quantity of production of magnesium and
aluminum by Farben, Dr. Struss said [NI-8317, Pros. Ex.
98]: |
| |
“In 1930 the magnesium
production of I. G. Farben amounted to 600 tons. In 1942 the production was
25,100 tons. Farben had thus increased its magnesium production by over 4,000
percent.
“Farben’s share in the aluminum production in 1930
was 1,750 tons and in 1942 it was 24,000 tons. The increase in Farben's
aluminum production was therefore just over 1,300
percent.” |
| The report of Dr. Eberhard Neukirch on the “Development of
Light Metals Industry within the Four Year Plan” [NT-7562, Pros. Ex. 590]
dedicated to the defendant Dr. Krauch, shows that by 1939 the Farben plants of
Bitterfeld, Aken, and Stassfurth had reached a capacity of 17,100 tons per year
of magnesium and that expansion plans were already projected for increasing the
existing plants by 16,900 tons per year and the erection of an additional plant
at Gerst- [hofen] |
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