THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 258, sig. 110-4/104

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English Translation

On the further question of how K. came to all the false allegations in his letter to the enemy commissioner as well as to the minister Frank, K. made the statement that these letters had been written by Mr. Nowak and that he had then signed them. On the accusations that he K. had done nothing else but to preserve the Jews' wealth, but to increase it, at the expense of the German armor, and on the further reproach, he K . had also made statements to the effect that if the war would go badly, the Guttmanns and Rothschilds would retire him not only as small employees, but as general manager, because they were satisfied with his business management, K. explained that Nowak had brought him such an expression of the Jews from Switzerland, that he had told them only as a joke. On the other hand, he had to be held in front of him, de s the impression with the gentlemen to whom he had paid further the statement was another .ei. As witnesses were mentioned the gentlemen Dr. Delius, lawyer Möhring and the general manager Hödl. On the reproaches by Pleiger, K. K. confirmed the fact that K. Kuchinka had been telling Pleiger for six months in all his conversations that he had been separating himself from Nowak, but he had felt hurt by the tone of the letter from Pleiger. Even Pleiger's accusations to have spoken to him orally about his wish a few days ago could only be confirmed by K. with the addition that he had also given the Pleiger the promise to separate himself from Nowak. To sum up, it must be noted 1. All the allegations against the Hermann-Göring-Werke against K. are untrue. 2. If the Witkowitzer union does not use its capacity for armaments directly or indirectly 10%, then the responsibility lies with K., who allowed the reins to be completely grinded and who is not in any way able to cope with the great responsibility as Director General of such a company. It can't be assumed that K. has driven a conscious sabotage, even though the external figures have caused such suspicion.