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| [inde…] pendence for the Austrians” had been successful to
a certain degree. That was shown in the case Keppler and is now obvious during
many economic negotiations. In the Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft, they were also
experiencing this with regard to the questions on which they were working with
the Creditanstalt. Owing to this, the influence in the Berndorf question which
could have been exercised from Berlin by the VIAG [Vereinigte Industrie
Unternehmungen, A.G.] (Olscher) had been weakened. Mr. Dr. Schaeffer added that
he was telling me this so that we should not be surprised if the influence
which could have been exerted from here for the purpose of a speedy settlement
of the Berndorf business, had grown weaker. Here in Berlin they themselves had
probably overestimated the possibilities of influencing the Austrian economic
enterprises, at least in comparison with the latest development. Although I do
not know whether this information is already obsolete owing to the latest
negotiations between your son and Dr. Olscher and the Creditanstalt, there is
the possibility that this remark of Dr. Schaeffer might still be of interest to
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Yours sincerely,
Dictated: LOESER |
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TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NIK-12076
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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| EXTRACT FROM THE BOOK “ALFRED KRUPP AND HIS FAMILY”
CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION OF THE BERNDORF FIRM |
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Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik Arthur Krupp Aktiengesellschaft,
Berndorf near Vienna |
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| The Anschluss [incorporation] of the Ostmark [Austria] to the German
Reich in March 1938 had the gratifying result as far as the Krupp firm was
concerned that an old plant established in 1343 by the Krupp brothers and the
house of Schoeller, the “Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik,” could be
incorporated in the parent firm of Krupp in Essen. [Page 310 of original.]
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* The book is subtitled,
“The family of Krupp and its achievements from 1787 to 1940, a description
based on the family and works archives.” It was written by Wilhelm Berdrow
and published in Berlin in 1948.
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