Hans Kugler (war criminal)

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Hans Kugler during the Nuremberg Trials

Hans Kugler (born December 4, 1900 in Frankfurt am Main , † September 14, 1968 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a senior executive at IG Farben and a convicted war criminal .

Life

After attending school, he completed a commercial apprenticeship and then studied economics at the University of Frankfurt . After graduating in 1921, he worked in the paint division as a department manager at the Hoechst paintworks. During a three-month leave of absence, he received his doctorate in 1923 . From 1924 he worked as an authorized signatory at Farbwerke Hoechst. He also achieved this position at the successor company IG Farben, where he co-founded the three-division dye cartel in 1929 and was also a member of the relevant commission of experts.

Kugler was married twice and had three children.

time of the nationalsocialism

From 1934 he was director of the "Sales Community Dyes" at IG Farben and was later a member of the Southeast and Commercial Committees of IG Farben.

In October 1938, Kugler received an order from the Reich Ministry of Economics to temporarily manage the Aussig-Falkenau factories of the Association for Chemical and Metallurgical Production in Prague . Kugler, who became a member of the NSDAP in October 1939 , transferred the tar paints division of the Aussig-Falkenauer factories to IG Farben and subsequently became managing director. Kugler was subsequently instrumental in the confiscation of factories and companies in the occupied areas. From 1943 he was deputy head of the Chemicals Economic Group (Section 16 - Supervision of the production and dispensing of dyestuffs) and from 1944 he was a member of the Advisory Board for Export Issues at the Chemistry Examination Office.

After the end of the war, Kugler was arrested by the US Army and charged with 22 other accused in the IG Farben trial during the Nuremberg Trials . On July 30, 1948, he was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for "looting and robbery" for the confiscation of companies in France. In the reasoning for the judgment, the following was stated about the conviction of Kugler:

“As a representative of the IG, Kugler took part in the negotiations and other measures that led to the Francolor Agreement [...] Kugler made an agreement with the authorities during the military occupation that pressure should be exerted [...] Kugler was over informed of all the measures taken and knew that the Francolor Agreement was imposed on the French against their will and without their free consent. "

After his release from the Landsberg War Crimes Prison , Kugler was a member of the board of directors of Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur AG and Riedel-de Haën AG and was a member of the main committee of the German Chemical Industry Association

Kugler's short vita was listed in the GDR Brown Book .

literature

  • Jens Ulrich Heine: Verstand & Schicksal: The men of IG Farbenindustrie AG (1925–1945) in 161 short biographies. Weinheim, Verlag Chemie, 1990. ISBN 3-527-28144-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the pronouncement of the verdict in the IG Farben trial. Quoted in: Wollheim Memorial from The verdict in the IG Farben trial. The full text. , Offenbach am Main, Bollwerk 1948, p. 106.
  2. ↑ National Council of the National Front of Democratic Germany - Documentation Center of the State Archives Administration of the GDR (ed.): BROWN BOOK - WAR AND NAZI CRIMINALS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND IN WEST BERLIN , State Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1968 [ online ( Memento of 19 November 2010 in the Internet Archive )].
personal data
SURNAME Kugler, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Representatives of IG Farben and convicted war criminals
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1968
Place of death Bad Homburg vor der Höhe