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| entirely designed for the preservation of the family enterprise
Krupp. Reich Minister Dr. Lammers promised me to discuss the whole matter with
you verbally. He would be pleased to come to Essen, since, in any case, he has
never seen the works.* I heartily wish you, your family, and the works all the
best for the New Year, with a request to be remembered. I am
always |
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Yours,
[Signed] BORMANN |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT 1387-PS
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 475
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| DECREE OF THE FUEHRER, 12 NOVEMBER 1943, ESTABLISHING THE FAMILY
ENTERPRISE OF THE FIRM FRIED. KRUPP (LEX KRUPP) |
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Reich Law Gazette
Part I |
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| 1943
Published in Berlin, 20 November 1943
No.
99 |
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Decree of the Fuehrer Concerning the Family Enterprise of the Firm
Fried. Krupp as of 12 November 1943.
The enterprise of Fried Krupp, a
family enterprise for 132 years, deserves highest recognition for its
incomparable efforts to boost the military potential of Germany. Therefore it
is my wish that the enterprise be preserved as family property, and I order
herewith: |
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| The owner of the Krupp family’s wealth is entitled to use this
wealth for the establishment of a family enterprise with a specifically
regulated succession. |
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| The establishment of the family enterprise and its statute is to be
governed by rules set by a court of law or through a notary’s office. The
statute will have to have my ratification, which is to be obtained through the
Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery |
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| III |
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| Whoever be the owner of the enterprise shall carry the name
“Krupp” before his family name. |
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* Heinrich Lammers chief of
the Reich Chancellery, was tried in the Ministries Case (United States
vs. Ernst von Weizsaecker, et al., Case 11, vols. XII-XIV) and sentenced
to 20 years’ imprisonment.
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