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military, and Party agencies for the employment of labor, as well as
for production as a whole. Furthermore, the way in which Dr. Korschan’s
powers during his time at Markstaedt were being more and more restricted right
from the start will be shown, as well as the things he did within the framework
of the powers left to him in order to improve working conditions at the
Berthawerk as far as he could, and to secure an existence worthy of human
beings for the entire staff, as far as the war conditions of that time
permitted. The evidence of the defense will show that Dr. Korschan was not a
pliable tool without a will of his own in the service of a slave labor program.
It is pointed out in this connection that the undersigned has
undertaken the task, on behalf of the defense as whole, of dealing with the
fundamental question of employment of concentration camp inmates within the
framework of German industry, before going over to his own particular sector of
the defense.
As regards the assertion of the prosecution that Dr.
Korschan was the manager or trustee of the eastern plants on behalf of the firm
of Krupp, evidence will be submitted to the effect that such a measure which
had been planned was not realized, and that the plants evacuated to the East
continued to remain subordinated to the original directorate at Essen. As far
as the prosecution, when making this assertion, should have in mind
Krupp’s sponsorship of certain plants in the Ukraine, it will be necessary
to expound the actual and legal connection between the German Reich and the
Berghuette Ost (BHO) on one hand, and between the BHO and the firm of Krupp on
the other hand (sponsorship relations). It will be proved that Dr. Korschan was
in no way entrusted with the plant management of the factories situated in the
Ukraine. Furthermore, it will have to be shown that in many cases he was not
even employed in his intended capacity of intermediary between the plant
managements of the Ukrainian factories concerned and the firm Krupp. Quite
apart from the fact that Dr. Korschan was not responsible for the plants in the
Ukraine, the condition in which those plants were found will be shown, as well
as the effects of their being taken over by the Germans, and the extent to
which machines and equipment of a similar nature were dismantled when these
works were evacuated in 1943. In this connection the question of responsibility
for the military measures taken in the course of the carrying out of the
evacuation will have to be specially discussed.
This case is to be
judged on the basis of the legal standards laid down in Control Council Law No.
10. It cannot and should not be in the interest of the defense to conduct such
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