27 August 1943 Wiener Platz 5. Berlin.
Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler,
My very honorable Reichsfuehrer,
With great joy I learn of your appointment as Reichsminister of the Interior and take the liberty to extend my heartiest congratulations to you on assuming your new post.
A strong hand is now very necessary in the operation of this department and it is universally welcomed but especially by your friends that it was you who were chosen for this by the Fuehrer. Please be assured that we will always do everything in our power at all times to assist you in every possible way.
I am pleased to inform you at this opportunity that your circle of friends has again placed at your disposal this year a sum slightly in excess of RM 1 million for "special purposes". An exact list showing the name of the contributors will be sent to you shortly.
Again all my best wishes—as well as those of my family—I remain yours, in old loyalty and esteem.
Heil Hitler!
Yours truly,
[signed] von Schroeder
Letter to Himmler congratulating him on his appoinment as Minister of the Interior, and stating that Himmler's "circle of friends" have made another donation for his "special purposes"
Authors
Kurt Schroeder, von (freiherr (baron), banker, Cologne)
Kurt von Schroeder
German politician (1889-1966)
- Born: 1889-11-24 (Hamburg)
- Died: 1966-11-04 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: banker; politician
- Member of political party: German People's Party; Nazi Party
- Member of: Corps Borussia Bonn; Schutzstaffel
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler; Allen Welsh Dulles
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/15848498
Date: 27 August 1943
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-454
Citation: IMT (page 1572)
HLSL Item No.: 451122
Notes:For the details of the donation, see document EC 453, US exhibit 322.
Document Summary
EC-454: Letter of congratulations to Himmler, initialed illegibly
EC-454: Letter from von Schroeder to Himmler, 27 August 1943, promising 1,000,000 RM.
Letter from Schroeder to Himmler that his "friends" welcomed the anouncing that the Himmler Circle of Friends had contributed more than RM 1,000,000 for 1943, and assuring him that the "friends" will give all possible assistance in his new task as Reich Minister of Interior, where "a strong hand is now very necessary"., 27 Aug 1943.