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Letter to Hitler, citing Goering's interference in Schacht's ministry and requesting to be released from the Ministry of Economy for the sake of "a uniform government management"
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: 16 November 1937
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-495
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 774
Document Book No: Prosecution Schacht (GG)
Citation: IMT (page 5126)
HLSL Item No.: 452762
Notes:For the acceptance of Schacht's resignation, see document EC 494.
Trial Issues
Administration & organization (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
EC-495: Copy of Schacht's letter to Hitler asking to be released from the Ministry of Economy