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- Anderson, Poul Flandry 09 A Circus of Hells
- A fiatal lany otthon Gonda Bela
- Ariel Toaff Blood Passover. Internet Aaargh, 2007. (ang.)
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- R1031. Winters Rebecca Cudowna terapia
- DESMOND BAGLEY PULAPKA
- MA02_ _Evolution
- Dz.U.13.1594
- Carroll_Jonathan_ _Vincent_Ettrich_TOM_02_ _Szklana_zupa
- Yoga Upanishad
- zanotowane.pl
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participated in these Kriegsspiele.
The places which were hit by bombs were marked in a map of the plant so that
it could be ascertained which parts of the plant were damaged, for example a
gas meter or an important pipe line. As soon as the raid finished, the
management of the plant ascertained the damages and reported which part of
the plant had to stop working; they further reported what time would be
required in order to repair the damages. In a following meeting the
consequences of the Kriegsspiele were described and it was ascertained that in
the case of Leuna [plant] the damages involved were considerably high;
especially it was found out that alterations of the pipe lines were to be made at
considerable cost.14
Consequently, throughout the 1930s I. G. Farben did more than just comply with orders
from the Nazi regime. Farben was an initiator and operator for the Nazi plans for world
conquest. Farben acted as a research and intelligence organization for the German Army
and voluntarily initiated Wehrmacht projects. In fact the Army only rarely had to approach
Farben; it is estimated that about 40 to 50 percent of Farben projects for the Army were
initiated by Farben itself. In brief, in the words of Dr, von Schnitzler:
Thus, in acting as it had done, I.G. contracted a great responsibility and
constituted a substantial aid in the chemical domain and decisive help to
Hitler's foreign policy, which led to war and to the ruin of Germany. Thus, I
must conclude that I.G. is largely responsible for Hitler's policy,
Polishing I. G. Farben's Public Image
This miserable picture of pre-war military preparation was known abroad and had to be sold
or disguised to the American public in order to facilitate Wall Street fund-raising and
technical assistance on behalf of I. G. Farben in the United States. A prominent New York
public relations firm was chosen for the job of selling the I.G. Farben combine to America.
The most notable public relations firm in the late 1920s and 1930s was Ivy Lee & T.J. Ross
of New York. Ivy Lee had previously undertaken a public relations campaign for the
Rockefellers, to spruce up the Rockefeller name among the American public. The firm had
also produced a syncophantic book entitled USSR, undertaking the same clean-up task for
the Soviet Union even while Soviet labor camps were in full blast in the late 20s and
early 30s.
From 1929 onwards Ivy Lee became public relations counsel for I. G. Farben in the United
States. In 1934 Ivy Lee presented testimony to the House Un-American Activities
Committee on this work for Farben.15 Lee testified that I.G. Farben was affiliated with the
American Farben firm and "The American I.G. is a holding company with directors such
people as Edsel Ford, Walter Teagle, one of the officers of the City Bank .... " Lee
explained that he was paid $25,000 per year under a contract made with Max Ilgner of I.G.
Farben. His job was to counter criticism levelled at I.G. Farben within the United States.
The advice given by Ivy Lee to Farben on this problem was acceptable enough:
In the first place, I have told them that they could never in the world get the
American people reconciled to their treatment of the Jews: that that was just
foreign to the American mentality and could never be justified in the American
public opinion, and there was no use trying.
In the second place, anything that savored of Nazi propaganda in this country
was a mistake and ought not to be under. taken. Our people regard it as
meddling with American affairs, and it was bad business.16
The initial payment of $4,500 to Ivy Lee under this contract was made by Hermann
Schmitz, chairman of I.G. Farben in Germany. It was deposited in the New York Trust
Company under the name of I. G. Chemic (or the "Swiss I.G.," as Ivy Lee termed it).
However, the second and major payment of $14,450 was made by William von Rath of the
American I.G. and also deposited by Ivy Lee in New York Trust Company, for the credit of
his personal account. (The firm account was at the Chase Bank.) This point about the origin
of the funds is 'important when we consider the identity of directors of American I.G.,
because payment by American I.G. meant that the bulk of the Nazi propaganda funds were
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