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of the parent company, including all capital investments in excess of
5,000 Reichsmarks.
The defendant Loeser entered the Krupp firm on 1
October 1937 as a member of the Vorstand. The defendant Krupp became a member
of the Vorstand in 1938. The third member was Paul Goerens. In April 1943 the
Vorstand was enlarged, and the defendants Erich Mueller, Houdremont, and
Janssen also became members, as did one Fritz Mueller. Before that, these four
had all been deputy directors, and then deputy Vorstand members. In 1937 the
defendant Janssen became deputy director. In 1938 the defendants Eberhardt,
Houdremont, Korschan, Ihn, and Erich Mueller became deputy directors. In 1941
Pfirsch who had been a deputy director since 1923 and the defendants Janssen,
Korschan, and Mueller were made deputy Vorstand members. In 1943 the defendants
Eberhardt and Ihn were made deputy Vorstand members. As previously stated, the
regular and deputy members of the Vorstand with the exception of Loeser were
made regular and deputy members of the Direktorium when Fried. Krupp A.G.
became the private firm Fried. Krupp in 1943.
Until 1943 various phases
of activities were divided among the three members of the Vorstand. One field
was finance and administration which had been under the direction of the
defendant Loeser, and was under the direction of the defendant Janssen after
Loeser resigned. Production in the plants was under Goerens, and the design,
sale, and development of war material had been under the direction of the
defendant Alfried Krupp.
Although each member had his own sphere of
activity, the management of the enterprise depended upon the coordinated
efforts of the members. This has already been stated, as it was required by the
charter of Fried. Krupp, A.G. The coordination of three departments was
required on major enterprises.
When the Vorstand was enlarged in April
1943 Alfried Krupp became chairman of the Vorstand, and Goerens became deputy
chairman. Houdremont was then put in charge of metallurgy and steel plants, and
also in charge of machine plants after November 1943. From April 1943 on,
Janssen was in charge of trade, finance, and administration. All of the
foregoing were members of the enlarged Vorstand. These defendants continued in
these activities when the Vorstand members became Direktorium members in
December 1943 at the time Fried. Krupp A.G. became a private firm. The
department directors were referred to as “Dezernenten.” They had full
responsibility for the results achieved by their departments, and apart from
their immediate sphere of work, assisted the Vorstand in its capacity as
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