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he stipulated the succession of inheritance for three generations in
such a manner that only one of the future heirs, the oldest, was to inherit the
factory property. Following this basic conception of Alfred Krupp, my wife, and
I also, desired to stipulate the succession of inheritance in that manner,
whereby, only one successor of our family would inherit the factory property.
Since, however, limits have been imposed by more recent legislations on
settling the succession of inheritance for any length of time — the
nomination of a residuary legatee according to the rules of the Buergerlichen
Gesetzbuch [Rules of Civil Law], becomes void when 30 years have passed after
the inheritance, unless a ease of a residuary legatee has arisen before the end
of that period — another way had to be found which would make this aim
possible.
By your decree, My Fuehrer, this aim has now been achieved.
My wife and I, as well as the whole family, will be deeply grateful to you for
this proof of your confidence, and we shall do everything that is within our
power to equip our son Alfried, the present owner of the family enterprise, for
the task of securing and, if possible, increasing the production of the Krupp
Works, both in peace and war, in your spirit and for the benefit of our people.
Our special thanks go to you, my Fuehrer, also for the great honor and
recognition which you have awarded, in the introduction to your decree, to 132
years of the work of Krupps, the work of Krupps done by many generations of
faithful followers, and steered and directed by four generations of the family
Krupp. |
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Your grateful
signed: BERTHA KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
née Krupp
signed: GUSTAV KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
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| C. Discussion Between the Prosecution and the Tribunal on the
Legal Significance of Violations of Rearmament Clauses of the Versailles
Treaty¹ |
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| MR. KAUFMAN, Deputy Chief Counsel: The prosecution now wishes to
offer in evidence as Exhibit 135, Document NIK-12057,² found in document
book 5–A, on page 67 of the English and page 106 of the German. This is a
memorandum by Semler, General Counsel of the Reichswehrministerium, the War
Ministry, in |
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¹ This discussion is
recorded in mimeographed transcript 10 December 1947, pp. 248-247.
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This exhibit is reproduced in section B 1.
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