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Letter to Goering, proposing that Hitler should appoint Funk as plenipotentiary for the war economy as well as minister of economics, to ensure "unified" work on preparations for war

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Werner Blomberg, von (Minister of Defense)

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Werner von Blomberg

German field marshal (1878-1946)

Born: 1878-09-02 (Stargard)
Died: 1946-03-14 (Nuremberg)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party (series ordinal: 3.805.226; since: 1937-01-30)
Military rank: general field marshal
Military branch: German Army
Position held: minister of war

Date: 29 November 1937

Literal Title: Re: Plenipotentiary General for War Economy

Defendants: Walther Funk, Hermann Wilhelm Goering

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-255

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 839

Document Book No: Prosecution Funk: additional

Citation: IMT (page 9083)

HLSL Item No.: 452840

Trial Issues

Administration & organization (all cases) Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Wars of aggression

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EC-255: Copy of letter from Blomberg to Goering re appointment of Funk to succeed Schacht as GBW