Fritz Gajewski

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Fritz Gajewski during the Nuremberg Trials

Friedrich Fritz Gajewski (born October 13, 1885 in Pillau ; † December 2, 1965 in Hahnwald near Cologne ) was a German manager of IG Farben and a military economic leader .

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Gajewski, son of a teacher, grew up with eleven other siblings in East Prussia . After attending school, he completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist and from 1905 studied chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Leipzig . In 1906 he became a member of the then uncovering association Vandalia (later Corps Vandalia). 1910 doctorate he became Dr. phil. After a year of military service, he started working for BASF , where he was initially employed in the main laboratory and the dye works. From 1914 to 1917 he took part in the First World War as a soldier . He married in 1917, and the marriage had two daughters. In 1917 he became operations manager at BASF in Oppau , received power of attorney in 1922 , assisted Carl Bosch from 1925 and became director of IG Farben. From 1928 he worked as technical manager at Agfa and in 1930 took over the photo, rayon and cellulose products division at IG Farben. He was also a liaison there and member of the supervisory board (1936–1940) at Dynamit Nobel .

From 1931 to 1945 he was on the board of IG Farben , where he was head of the photo and synthetics production area. From 1933 he was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 2.594.004), from 1940 a member of the Southeast Europe Committee and from 1942 a military economic leader .

After the end of the war, he was arrested by the US Army on October 5, 1945 . In the Nuremberg IG Farben trial , he was found not guilty on all counts. During the trial he testified that he had freed his Jewish colleague Gerhard Ollendorff from Gestapo detention. However, cross-examination revealed that he had previously betrayed him himself. His defense attorney was Ernst Achenbach .

In 1949 he became managing director and in 1952 chairman of the board of Dynamit Nobel AG , with Paul Esselmann on the board. A year later he received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . In 1957 he retired, his acting successor was Ernst Fischer.

In 1961 he received the Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

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  1. ↑ Dr. Fritz Gajewski died in Cologne. In: Die Rheinpfalz of December 7, 1965
  2. ↑ a b c Wollheim Memorial - Biography Friz Gajewski
  3. ↑ a b Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 173
  4. ↑ 7. IG Farben and its successors to this day ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bufata-chemie.de
  5. ↑ Plastic Museum Troisdorf
  6. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
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SURNAME Gajewski, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gajewski, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Pillau
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1965
Place of death Hahnwald near Cologne