The president of the board of
directors of the Reichsbank
Berlin W 8, 21 July 1937 Behrenstr. 43 Tel: collective number A 6 Merkur 4351
Dr. Hjalmar SCHACHT as plenipotentiary
GB 1515/37 g.Rs.
[Stamp:]
Top Reich Secret
(Replies to be sent to the same address without the words "as
plenipotentiary", attention Min. Dr. Wohlthat.)
To:
(a) the Reich and Prussian minister of economics, attention: Counsellor Godlewski or deputy in office,
(b) the Reich and Prussian minister for food and agriculture, attention: Counsellor Dr. Dietrich or deputy in office,
(c) the Reich and Prussian labor minister, attention: Counsellor Schroeder or deputy in office,
(d) the Reich and Prussian conservator of forests, attention: State conservator of forests Schuette or deputy in office,
(e) the Reich minister of finance, attention: Counsellor Dr. Bender or deputy in office,
(/) the Reichsbank board of directors, attention: Reichsbank director Dr. Mueller or deputy in office,
(g) the Reich ministry and head of Reich office for territorial allocation [Raumordnung], attention: Counsellor Dr. Schepers or deputy in office,
(h) the Reich minister of foreign affairs (foreign office), attention: Councillor von Schmieden or deputy in office,
(i) the Reich and Prussian minister of the interior, attention: Counsellor Wagner or deputy in office,
(fc) the Reich war minister and commander in chief of the Wehrmacht, attention:
(aa) Colonel Jodi or deputy in (bb) Colonel Thomas j office
(l) the Reich minister of justice, attention: Counsellor Haastert or deputy in office,
(m) the Reich minister of Postal Services, attention: Counsellor Schroeder or deputy in office,
[illegible notes]
(n) the Reich and Prussian minister for transportation, attention : Counsellor Pigge or deputy in office,
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(o) the Reich minister of national orientation and propaganda, attention: Major von Wrochem or deputy in office,
(p) the Reich minister for air and commander-in-chief of the air force, attention: Major of the general staff Erdmann or deputy in office,
(q) the Reich minister for science, education and national schooling, attention: Ministry director Dr. Kruemmel or deputy in office,
(r) the president of the Prussian ministry (Prussian state ministry), attention: Councillor Neumann or deputy in office,
(s) the state secretary and chief of Reich chancellery, attention: Counsellor Dr. Willuhn or deputy in office,
(t) the inspector general for German highways, attention: Assessor for the government Henne or deputy in office,
Berlin
Enclosed I am sending for your information a statement about the cooperation of the plenipotentiary for the war economy with the commissioner for the 4-Year plan.
The deputy signed WOHLTHAT. stamped: Certified
Reich and Prussian [illegible]
Ministry of Economy Secretary
Secret Reich Matter Copy of GB 1515/37 g. Rs.
20 copies 11th copy
A re-examination, made by the two undersigned at the instance of the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor, of the basic questions raised earlier, which are hereby settled, has shown that the tasks of the Deputy for the Four Year Plan and the tasks of the Commissioner General for War Economy are being solved in closest mutual cooperation. Moreover, no doubt exists about the fact that the Commissioner General for War Economy has the position of a supreme authority of the Reich.
Signed: Hermann Goering. Berlin, 7 July 1937. to St. M.R.V. 653 g. Rs.
Signed: Dr. Hjalmar Schacht
Enel, to No. 2066/37 top secret Economics staff
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Circular letter to government offices, enclosing a joint statement by Goering and Schacht on the cooperation of their offices and the status of the plenipotentiary for war economy
Authors
Wohlthat (Dr., deputy to plenipotentiary for war economy (Schacht))
Helmuth Wohlthat
German politician (1893-1982)
- Born: 1893-10-04 (Wismar)
- Died: 1982-01-01
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; politician
- Educated at: Columbia University
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/311578435
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000016499644
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-311578435
Hermann Goering (Reich Marshal; Commander in Chief, Luftwaffe; Commissioner for Four-Year Plan)
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
- Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
- Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)
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: 21 July 1937
Defendant: Hjalmar Schacht
Total Pages: 3
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-251
HLSL Item No.: 452732
Notes:Wohlthat sent the circular on 21 July 1937; the statement by Goering and Schacht is dated 7 July 1937. This document was apparently not entered as evidence. The Goering-Schact statement was entered as EC 384, US exhibit 771.
Trial Issues
Administration & organization (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Wars of aggression
Document Summary
EC-251: Top secret letter from Schacht to all ministries about his own and Goering's duties