Cover letter to Goering, and letter to Schacht on the acceptance of his resignation as Economics Minister and plenipotentiary for the war economy, with Hitler's thanks for his service

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Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)

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Hans H. Lammers

German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)

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  • Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
  • Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
  • Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
  • Member of: Schutzstaffel
  • Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
  • Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)

Date: 08 December 1937

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-494

Citation: IMT (page 2564)

HLSL Item No.: 452761

Trial Issues

Administration & organization (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4)

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EC-494: Original letter from Lammers to Goering with copy of letter Lammers to Schacht accepting the latter's resignation as Minister of Economics and as plenipotentiary-general for war economy

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President of the Ministerial Council General Goering -Zentralsekretariat Rec'd. 10 Dec. 1937
The Reichsminister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Berlin W 8, 8 December 1937 Wilhelmstr. 78
Top Secret!
RK. 366 B g Rs.
To the President of the Ministerial Council General Goering
My dear Mr. President!
I most respectfully submit, with the request for acknowledgment, the following copy of my letter of today to Reich Minister Dr. Schacht, concerning the office he held up to the present as Plenipotentiary General for the War Economy.
Heil Hitler!
Yours most respectfully.
(signed) Dr. Lammers
EC-494
Copy of RK. 366 B g Rs.
The Reichsminster and Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Berlin, 8 December 1937
Top Secret!
RK. 366 B g Rs.
To Reich Minister Dr. Schacht.
My dear Reich Minister!
By order of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor I have the honor of informing you that the acceptance of your resignation from the leadership of the tasks of Reich Minister for Economy also includes the resignation from your Office as Plenipotentiary General for the War Economy, which you submitted at an earlier date.
Special mention need not be made of the fact, that the thanks tendered you by the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor at the time of your departure from the Office of Reich Minister for Economy also extends to your activity as Plenipotentiary General for War Economy.
Heil Hitler!
Yours most respectfully.
(signed) Dr. Lammers