NEW EXPROPRIATIONS IN SAXONY-ANHALT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600420004-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 28, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1, SMA Karleherst declared itself dissatisfied with the course
of expropriations in Saxony-Anhalt, since a relatively large
number of firms had been returned to privae owners rathee,
than transferred to Land ownerelp, Dr. Hempel, a member of
the Berlin Central Seenestration Commission, who had worked
in Halle previously,was also out of favor for his nca italistie"
connectione end his sequestrations in Saxony-Anhalt.
2. For these' reasons, sma ordered. .a rapid re-examination of all
expropriation and sent to Halle a special ea0mission in.
February under one .Walz, Through its branch, offices, it no
only collected Materials and investigated restorations .ef
property bat also examined in detail many new firms, Of
these latter, only. those wnich were prospaping were considered,
The commiseion did net hesitate to remove from records any
material to the advantage of former owners vhich miaht prevent
sequestration,, After a rumor that a thoueEndnew firms would
be expropriated, actually eighty-three were soquesterea, in
which the riumber of employees and the profitable character of
the business were evidently. the determininc factors. These
included fonr shoe factories in Weissenfels; the Martick
furniture firm, the Bode construction firm, the Dessauer sugAr
factory, and the Schubert -bread factory .in Halle; and the
Diannhaupt printing firm in Deseau.
3. Sanctioning, of these measures was requeste6. in advance on
3 March 194E1 .from the Land cabinet, where there was an. assured
SED majority, ? Minister President nbener succeeded in pre-
ventin8 a considerable number of expropriations, bat even he
was,handieaPped by not knowing the procedures, to 'co used.
4. Reasons g!.ven for expropriation were of the following type:
The Wenzel shoe factory in Weissenfels during the war made
Military boots which were tried out by concentration camp
prisoners on marches of thirty kilometers or more.. AlthfJugh
the owner was clear of party connections, he was accused of
crimes against humanity and imprluoned under Order 201, aml
his, business was expropriated. A Weissenfeln? browy wan ox.-
prepriated beeause it produced beer which was used 1')y l a:!n7
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during the par. The Bickel shoe factory in .Weissenfels was
checked by the Volkskontrolle and expropriated because a
small quantity of unreported stock was found. Factory councils
and 4m1lar organizations played a considerable part in such
expropriations.
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