I hereby certify that I had the following positions and activities :
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Member of the Nazi Party—1931-1945.
(Personal economic adviser of Hitler—1931) did not exist.*
Chief of Division of the Central Nazi Party Directorate in charge of private economy, Munich. 1932. only a few months.*
Chairman of the Committee of the Nazi Party on Economic Policy—December 1932 to January 1933. (Deputy Chairman of the Reich Economic Council of the NSDAP—1931). 7 don't know that.*
National Socialist Deputy to the Reichstag—July 1932-February 1933.
Press Chief of the Reichsregierung—30 January 1933 to 1937. .
Under-Secretary of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda—1 March 1933 to
1937.
Vice-president of the Reich Chamber of Culture— 1933 to 1945.
Member (and vice-president) of the Reich Senate for Culture 1933-1945.*
Vice-president of the Film Cedit Bank—1933. Chairman of the Administrative Council of the Board concerning Advertising by German Business
-1933-1937.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Reich Broadcasting Company—1933-1937.
Reich and Prussian Minister of Economics—19381945.
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Member of the Prussian State Council—1938-1945. Chief Plenipotentiary for Economics—appointed
1938. since December 1939 restricted to Ministry of Economics and Reichsbank.*
President of German Reichsbank—19 January 1939
to 1945.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Deutsche Golddiskontbank 1939-1945.
Member of the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich 1939-1945.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Continental Oil-Company—1941-1945.
Member of the Central Planning Board—September
1943 to 1945.
[signed] Sauter, lawyer
I can only sign this document with the deletions
and changes I made*
21 Dec.
[signed] Walther Funk
*the interlineations and comments were inserted by Defendant Funk; ( ) indicates parts deleted by Defendant Funk
Prosecution trial brief against Walther Funk, including the consolidation of Nazi power, exclusion of Jews from the economy, preparation for aggressive war, and exploitation of foreign workers and occupied territories; and a list of evidence documents and an appendix on Funk's positions
Authors
Robert H. Jackson (Justice, chief U.S. prosecutor in IMT)
Robert H. Jackson
American judge (1892-1954)
- Born: 1892-02-13 (Spring Creek Township)
- Died: 1954-10-09 (Washington, D.C.)
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Democratic Party
- Position held: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nominated by: Franklin Delano Roosevelt; period: 1941-07-11 through 1954-10-09; replaced by: John Marshall Harlan II); Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1938-03-01 through 1940-01-18; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Stanley Forman Reed); United States Attorney General (period: 1940-01-18 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Francis Biddle; replaces: Frank Murphy)
- Educated at: Albany Law School; Jamestown High School
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/66525309
Bernard D. Meltzer (Lt., US prosecutor, IMT (1945-46))
Bernard D. Meltzer
American IMT prosecutor (1914-2007)
- Born: 1914-11-21 (Philadelphia)
- Died: 2007-01-04 (Chicago)
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: law professor; prosecutor
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (date: 1946-01-01; role: prosecutor)
- Employer: University of Chicago Law School (period: 1946-01-01 through 1985-01-01)
- Educated at: Harvard Law School (academic degree: Master of Laws; until: 1938-01-01)
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/108999285
Sidney B. Jacoby (US prosecution staff, IMT (1945))
Sidney B. Jacoby
- Additional details not yet available.
U.S. Chief of Counsel (office; prosecution and administration)
Date: Date Unknown
Literal Title: The Individual Responsibility of the Defendant Walter Funk for Crimes against Peace and Crimes against Humanity
Defendant: Walther Funk
Total Pages: 41
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: PS-3533
Citation: IMT (page 2572)
HLSL Item No.: 452817
Notes:The text is not dated; the draft brief (item 452816) was dated 4 November 1945 and this brief was entered on 11 January 1946. The appendix (A) on Funk's positions includes documents PS 3533 and PS 3563, both of which were also entered separately as exhibits..
Trial Issues
Biographical and character evidence (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I… Wars of aggression Plundering of private property and occupied territories (inc. Reinhardt Ac… Administration & organization (all cases) Persecution of political, religious, and ethnic ("racial") groups (IMT, NM… Forced labor and mistreatment of workers in war economy (IMT, NMT 2)
Document Summary
PS-3533: List of positions held by Funk
PS-3533: Statement signed by Walther Funk and his counsel, 21 December 1945, listing positions and activities of Funk from 1931 to 1945
Quotations, 1932 to 1942, indicating Funk’s career in connection with his work for the national socialist party