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loans. The plant had to be abandoned in the course of war actions and
fell into the hands of the Russian Army. If the war had not ended with a
complete collapse, the Krupp firm would not have been obligated, for instance,
according to the contract, to pay back to the Reich the loan taken up for the
erection of this plant.
I have carefully read each of the two pages of
this affidavit; have made the necessary corrections in my own handwriting and
initialed them; I declare herewith under oath that I have told the whole truth
in this affidavit to the best of my knowledge and belief. |
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[Signed] KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
(Signature of
deponent) |
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| 4. EXTRACTS FROM TESTIMONY OF DEFENSE WITNESS JOHANNES
SCHROEDER* |
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
DR. WENDLAND (associate
counsel for the defendant Loeser) Witness, to begin with, may I ask you to give
your full name to the Tribunal?
WITNESS SCHROEDER: Johannes
Schroeder.
[Defense counsel then proceeded to
give the witness instructions concerning the use of the simultaneous
translation equipment]
Q. When did you join
Krupp?
A. February 1938.
Q. How did you join Krupp?
A.
Dr. Loeser was looking for an assistant. He asked several firms in Berlin to
suggest four candidates each. From the number of people suggested, he chose me.
He then made me an offer which I accepted.
Q. What sphere of activity
was assigned to you?
A. To begin with, I was Dr. Loeser’s deputy.
After a time I took over the accounting branch.
Q. What were the tasks
of the accounting office?
A. I was in charge of all formal matters of
finance, that is to say, the balance sheet, plant accountancy, statistics,
checking of calculations, fixing of prices, taxes, organization, and auditing.
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* Complete testimony is
recorded in mimeographed transcript. 27-29 April 1948. pp. 6106 —
6249.
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