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Word: pleiger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...marshal that private industry, if given a free hand, could do the job. Last week Herr Goring gave them their chance, announced the resignation of Kommissar Walter. To replace the State syndicates, the producers formed the Reich Coal Association, modeled it along cartel lines, chose as its head Paul Pleiger, a businessman who is also general manager of the Hermann Goring Works. His first move was to create "coal shock reserves" strategically scattered throughout the Greater Reich, and intended to prevent shortages in case of "railroad congestion" (i.e., R.A.F. bombing). The Volkischer Beo-bachter gave Herr Pleiger its official Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitalism in Germany | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

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