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Letter to Hitler, thanking him for his approval of Funk's war-economy plans and stating that the Reichsbank and the financial system are prepared for the war, including the recent conversion of foreign assets into gold
IMT
Authors
Walther Funk (Reich Minister of Economics; Reichsbank; Central Planning Board)
Walter Funk
German economist, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1890-1960)
- Born: 1890-08-18 (Yasnaya Polyana)
- Died: 1960-05-31 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: banker; economist; journalist; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Position held: director (of: Bank for International Settlements, Reichsbank); member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
- Employer: Bank for International Settlements; Reichsbank
Date: 25 August 1939
Literal Title: My Fuehrer!
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: PS-699
Document Book No: Prosecution K
Citations: IMT (page 307), IMT (page 9029)
HLSL Item No.: 450561
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4, 11) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) Nazi regime (rise, consolidation, economic control, and militarization) (I…
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-699: Letter of [Illegible] Funk to Hitler pertaining to the Financial preparations for the War
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-699: Letter from Funk to Hitler, 25 August 1939, concerning the measures prepared by Funk for financing the war
Blue Series Subject Index
PS-699: WAR -- Aluminum production -- Finances, Reichsbank measures and _ attitude, National Bank -- drawing from Dutch resources / REICHSBAHN -- Aggression, preparations for / AGGRESSION -- senberg’s role -- Proposals by Funk