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Case, volume VI, and the Farben Case, volumes VII-VIII, likewise
contain large numbers of contemporaneous documents and considerable testimony
dealing with questions of spoliation in various parts of Europe.)
In
section B, below, a number of contemporaneous documents offered by either the
prosecution or the defense are reproduced concerning the Berndorf case in
Austria. Evidence concerning the policy toward the acquisition of plants in
occupied western Europe follows next in section C. The next three sections
contain evidence concerning the Austin plant in Liancourt, France (sec. D), the
ELMAG plant in Muhlhouse, France (sec. E), and the machinery taken from the
ALSTHOM firm in France (sec. F).
In all the volumes of this series
dealing with Nuernberg trials, other than the Krupp Case, the selections from
the evidence have included substantial amounts of the testimony of the
defendants on trial. This was not possible in compiling this volume, since none
of the defendants elected to take the stand to testify on his own behalf on the
merits of the case. However, in both the present section and the following
section (sec. VIII, Slave Labor) a number of affidavits of defendants have been
included. These affidavits were signed before trial and introduced as
prosecution exhibits. Concerning the limitation placed upon the admissibility
of these affidavits by the Tribunal, the following statement in the Tribunal's
judgment should be borne in mind: “The Tribunal ruled to the effect that
the contents of affidavits made by the defendants would only be considered as
evidence against the respective affiants and not as against any other defendant
unless such affiant or affiants took the witness stand and became subject to
cross-examination by the other defendants or their counsel. None of the
defendants took the stand to testify upon the issues in this case, and hence
such affidavits have only been considered in accordance with the ruling
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