Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-31
Krupp
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Friedrich w. Jansen, 81, head of
the Krupp Berlin Office
Max Otto Inn, So, personnel chief
Karl F. Eberhardt, 54, head OF ma
chine sales and war materiel.
Heinrich i. Korschan, So. director
of the Bertha works in BreSlau.
Friedrich Won Beulow, SO, liaison
man with the Gestapo.
Werner H. Lehman, "A, labor
procurement official.
Hans Gustaf Kupke, SO, head OF
the foreign workers camps and ex-
detrimental firing ranges.
Used 1900 Slaves.
Krupp, LoeSer, Houdremont
Mueller, Jansen and Eberhardt
were convicted of plundering Nazl-
occupied lands.
The Judgment said Krupp en-
ployed almost $4,000 foreign slaves
and $500 prisoners of war in 10C
factories in the Ruhr. 1t said many
died from the conditions and the
hard work.
Conditions were so bad, the court
noted, that even the German Army
high command complained to the
Krupps. Workers were given nc
protection from bombing raids. were
fed starvation diets and were made
to live in lash bins, dog kennels
old baking ovens and self-made
huts," the court declared.
In barbed-wire camps set up by
the Krupps the inmates fought for
a dry spot on which to sleep at night
and those who lost were forced to
stand on their feet all night the
judgment continued.
Treatment of the eastern workers
was inhumane. The defendant IN
a memorandum to works managers
stated: Russian civilian workers are
to be treated in the same way as
prisoners of war. Any sympathy
is false pity"
6-Year- Children Used.
The court said that by 1914 chill
dren. as young as were being used
as laborers, 1t added that the
Krupps were powerful enough to
balk at any NaA orders on the SUBJ
ject of slave labor.
THE guilty were not acting under
compulsion or coercion exerted by
the Reich authorities the court
said. upon the facts found we con-
clude beyond reasonable doubt
that the defendants are guilty"
Even though young Kriupp did
not take over control from his father
until 1913, the tribunal noted that
he was interested actively as far
back as 1910.
The Judgment recounted in detail
how the house of Krupp moved into
occupied countries after invading
German armies and seized property
Proved by Documents.
1--WE are convinced beyond a rea'
sonable doubt" the court said, tina
defendants Krupp, Loeser, Houdre
mont. Mueller and Jansen partici.
pated actively in the spoliation O
France and Holland and that Eber
hardt participated in the spoliatiol
of France"
Specific cases Of plumber were
cited as proved by documents in
troduced by United States prose
cutors during the six months tria
of the Krupp officials.
Notably listed were the seizure o
the Austin plant in France, tn
Alsthom plant in Belfort, France
which was moved to Germany b.
the Krupps; the Elmag factory a
Mulhouse in Alsace.
| 1t was found that Krupp ever
chose a special Office in Paris from
which to profit from the continen
tal-wide anti-Jewish policy of tn
Nazi regime"
Tie court also brought out thu
record of meeting of Krupp ant
three other officials of the firm afte
Germany invaded the Low Coun
tries. The following was quoted:
They pointed their fingers t
certain places on the map indicating
villages and factories. One said 'thi
is yours, that one is yours.
I'VE are satisfied" the judgmen
/ said, that this incident occurre'
as portrayed by witnesses and
clearly indicates the attitude Q
Alfred Krupp."
!, The court also singled out let
ter of Krupp's indicating interes
in acquiring Singer Sewing Ma
: chimes property in Europe, owne
by American interests. The tribuns
noted that the letter was writes
within the directorate six month
i. before Pearl Harbor.
The convictions were based o.
rules set up by The Hague for len
!, warfare, which require an occupyin
nation to respect privately owne
} property,
The final Judgment came some
, what Is an anti-climax. Tf1s de