Trial of the Major War Criminals before International Military Tribunal ...

DOCUMENT FUNK-16
REPLY FROM THE FORMER UNDER-SECRETARY IN THE REICH
ECONOMIC MINISTRY DR. LANDFRIED, 1 MAY 1946, TO 15
QUESTIONS BY FUNK'S IYETENSE COUNSFL AND TO CROSS-
QUESTIONS BY ,THE PROSECUTION: FUNK DISAPPROVED OF
EXPLOITATION OF THE POPULATION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRI-
TORIES ALTHOUGH HE REALIZED THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE
AS BIG A CONTRIBUTION AS POSSIBLE TO THE WAR EFFORT;
FUNK HAD NO AUTHORITY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO MILI-
TARY COMMANDERS OR REICH COMMISSIONERS IN THE
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; AGAINST THE WISHES OF OTHER
AUTHORITIES CONCERNED, FUNK SUCCEEDED IN PREVENTING
DEVALUATION OF CURRENCY IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY; IN
DIRECTING INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY HE WAS BOUND BY THE
INSTRUCTIONS OF THE FOUR YEAR PLAN; FUNK STRONGLY DIS-
APPROVED OF EXCESSES AND VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW COM-
MITTED IN THE COURSE OF THE mMOVAL OF JEWS FROM
THE GERMAN ECONOMY, WHICH IN ITSELF HE CONSIDERED
NECESSARY; PERSONAL LOYALTY TO HITLER WAS THE BASIS
OF FUNK'S POLITICAL ATTITUDE; TO THE VERY LAST FUNK
DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR; OTHER MATTERS
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Affirmation
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I, Friedrich Walter LANDFRIED, at present interned by the
British authorities, hereby affirm and say as follows:-
(1) I, Friedrich Walter LANDFRIED, was Staatssekretar im Preussischen
Finanzministerium from 1933 until 1944, and also Staatssekretar
im Reichswirtschaftsministerium from March 1939 -
Nov 1943, and was responsible for managing the affairs of the
Prasident der Preussischen Staatsbank from 1 Jan 45 until the
end of the war.
(2) I have been handed a document purporting to be a revised
questionnaire prepared by the representatives of the four powers