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Extracts from a letter to Georg Thomas on their work in the financial and economic aspects of the rearmament of Germany
IMT
Authors
Hjalmar Schacht (Dr., Reichsbank president, Minister of Economics, plenipotentiary for war economy)
Hjalmar Schacht
German politician and economist
- 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: 29 December 1937
Literal Title: Copy of a personal letter dated 29 December 1937 from Schacht to Thomas thanking him for his New Year's greetings and then stating verbatum:
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-257
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 763
Document Book No: Prosecution K
Citations: IMT (page 303), IMT (page 5124)
HLSL Item No.: 450572
Notes:Another copy of this document was also used in 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…
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
EC-257: Letter by Schacht to Gen. Thomas, re: Thomas' faithful service in helping the rearmament