English Translation

Nevertheless, Mr Pleiger, in turn, made the accusation that many hours of work at the Witkowitzer Eisenwerk would be wasted with works which merely served the preservation of Jewish property, but not the German armaments industry. In particular, he cited as an example the construction of a gas engine, which consumes hundreds of hours of work, which was merely regarded as a reserve and for which the blast furnace had to be built. Instead, dR was necessary to make every working hour of the work of direct armor serviceable. Following this meeting, a second meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr Bertsch, Minister of State, Ss-Obergruppen- führer Prank, with a view to the overall behaviour of Mr Kuchinka, Director General, as the responsible manager of the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke. The meeting was attended by Minister Bertsch, Pleiger, Meinberg, Delius, Schmidt, and Kuchinka. At the beginning of the meeting Pleiger invited Mr K. to present the letters sent to the Reich Commissioner for the Treatment of Enemy Assets, dated 27.6.44. The copies of these letters were sent to Dr. Nowak, who had been on leave a week ago by Mr. Pleiger. After some time these letters had been collected and presented. Pleige then read from them the passages dealing with the relationship between HGW/Witkowitzer Eisenwerke. It was established that K. In the main, two allegations against HGw were made: 1. The management contract between HGW and Witkowitzer Gewerkscnaft was not only unnecessary, but also harmful to Wit-kowitz's Gewerkescnaft. On this point, K. The company management contract was signed voluntarily and without a compromise or any objections, and he himself would not have expressed any concerns against this contract in a long discussion with him, even a few days ago. This finding was confirmed by K. 3