English Translation

Yt od Ak te n A. d r m e r k for Reichsamtleiter Pg. Schulte - Schomburg 38 Subject: Conversation with Dipl.-Ing. Franz S c h m e l z e r Karwin o/s. * On Tuesday, June 22, 1943, Pg. Schmelzer spoke to me in order to submit his documents personally and to provide the necessary explanations. I read part of the extensive documents in his reply in order at the same time to make a point by point. In response to my repeated question, whether the information he gave was actually correct, Pg. Schmelzer always explained to me how he had heard the individual statements from the persons mentioned. It would not be absolutely necessary to make these remarks glau- nen, but rather to check the accuracy of the statements by an examination. In no case would Schmelzer forward his documents to the relevant district management or even to the local group for investigation, since neither the district head nor the local head of the group would have dared to step against the Pg. von Bardeleben. He expressly asks that a party comrade of the party law firm, equipped with all the powers, lead the investigation. Pg. Schmelzer made an extremely nervous impression and told me again and again that he had already gone to the defense office 3 times voluntarily, but had now been released by the company and had to turn himself in on Thursday the 24th of June in the morning at 7 o'clock. Every time he started talking to the military from Thursday morning, the tears came into his eyes. One time he began to cry and said that he was so sorry for his family. Schmelzer makes the impression of being very soft by nature, but also that of an idealist. Like me, Pg. Gies had asked, I asked Schmelzer if he was willing to go to a liquefaction plant of the I.G. Farben if he could get rid of the present company with a severance payment. He then did not attend at all, but explained that he was