Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-19 | Page 2 | Industrial Nazis Deny War Guilt

Industrial Nazis Deny War Guill Guilt Germany April 19 UP Friederich Friederich Flick German steel stel magnate and five of his in industrial industrial in- in associates pleaded Innocent to war crimes charges Saturday after an American prosecutor declared de de- de- de cl dared red in a blistering opening statement statement state state- ment that they shared the blame for German crimes equally with the militarists The six codefendants entered their pleas of innocence before a crowded American courtroom in which the spectators included Gen Lucius D. D Clay United States military military mili mill tary governor of ot Germany Flick was accompanied in the prisoners' prisoners dock before the fourman fourman fourman four- four man United States court by Otto K o 0 n r a d Kaletsch Bernhard Weiss Hermann ger and Otto Burkhart Burkhart was a minute last-minute addition to the list of defendants They were accused of boosting the nazis nazis to to power of financing the S. S S. S elite guard of exploiting slave labor of cheating Jews out of property properly aid of plundering occupied occupied oc oc- countries