Letter to von Blomberg, on the cooperation between Schacht's war economy organization and "the rest of the war machanism [sic]"

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Hjalmar Schacht (Dr., Reichsbank president, Minister of Economics, plenipotentiary for war economy)

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Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

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  • Born: 1877-01-22 (Tinglev Municipality)
  • Died: 1970-06-03 (Munich)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: banker; economist; politician
  • Member of political party: German Democratic Party (period: 1918-01-01 through 1926-01-01); Nazi Party (period: 1934-01-01 through 1943-01-01; role: honorary member)
  • Member of: German Archaeological Institute
  • Participant in: Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933
  • Educated at: Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums; Humboldt University of Berlin; Leipzig University; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Date: 08 July 1937

Literal Title: Letter from Schacht, also signed by him, to v. Blomberg.

Defendant: Hjalmar Schacht

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: EC-252

Citations: IMT (page 303), IMT (page 5124)

HLSL Item No.: 450571

Notes:Another version of EC 252 was prepared for the case against Schacht.

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…

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EC-252: Certified copy of letter from Schacht to Blomberg re Reichsverteidigunggesetz (Reich Defense Law)

8.7.37
[Letter from Schacht to v. Blomberg.
After referring to the economic war measures of Godesburg [wirtschaftliche Kriegsspiel], Schacht emphasizes that he cannot conceive any conduct of war without complete cooperation between Blomberg and himself. He states:]
The direction of the war economy by the plenipotentiary would in that event never take place entirely independently from the rest of the war mechanism but would be aimed at accomplishment of the political war purpose with the assistance of all economic forces. I am entirely willing, therefore, to participate in this way in the preparation of the forthcoming order giving effect to the Defense Act [Reichaverteidigungsgesetz].