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Extracts from writings and speeches, on the injustice of the Versailles Treaty, the need for colonies to make up for Germany's lack of "living space," and other topics

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Hjalmar Schacht (Dr., Reichsbank president, Minister of Economics, plenipotentiary for war economy)

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Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

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  • 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: 1937

Literal Title: Extracts from "Schacht in seinen Aeusserungen". Berlin, 1937.

Defendant: Hjalmar Schacht

Total Pages: 2

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-415

Citations: IMT (page 2546), IMT (page 2548)

HLSL Item No.: 452743

Notes:The book was published in 1937; the extracts are dated from 1927 to 1936.

Trial Issue

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4)

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