Word: reichsbanker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Augsburg, denazification authorities jailed Emmy Göring for trial on a charge of having been a Nazi. Also jailed after long thought: the widow of Poland's Governor General Hans Frank, the wives of ex-President of the Reichsbank Walther Funk, ex-Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach...
Walther Funk, President of the Reichsbank, Hitler's press chief and economic adviser; life...
...spectators heard little to remind them of Schacht's vast power as Reich Minister of Economics and President of the Reichsbank, or of the bloodless crimes involved in his financial manipulation to strengthen the Nazis. Said a U.S. staff member: "He's getting ready for his reception in America-probably brushing up his English." Said a 22-year-old U.S. court stenographer: "My, he's cute...
...might never practice again. Said Blaha: "Orders frequently were received at Dachau for skulls. Teeth counted a great deal. ... It was dangerous to have a soft, fine skin or good teeth. . . . Soft human skin was prized for leather and bindings. . . ." Pointing an accusing finger at Philosopher Alfred Rosenberg, Reichsbank President Walter Funk, Labor Boss Fritz Sauckel and Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick, the witness said that they had visited Dachau concentration camp, and had watched its atrocity show. (The four in the dock sat bolt upright, clenching the rail before them...
Then there was Banker Hjalmar Schacht who, so far, had been as stiff in court as his famous, forbidding four-inch collars. Always a solid citizen, a self-made man who had risen from a small clerkship to the presidency of the Reichsbank, a clubman of quiet but expensive style, he held aloof from riffraff like Göring-whom, he said, he would now gladly kill with his own hands. The record read: Schacht was host at a special meeting of German industrialists called to raise money for the Nazi Party before the March 1933 elections. If Hitler...