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    A Wehrwirtschaftsführer (WeWiFü; German language plural: Wehrwirtschaftsführer) was, during the time of Nazi Germany (1933–1945), an executive of a company...
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    strong financial supporters. In 1937, Hitler gave him the title of a Wehrwirtschaftsführer, (Leader in the Military Economy), like other industrialists who...
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    30 January 1958) was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, Wehrwirtschaftsführer in Nazi Germany, and member of the Nazi Party. His company Heinkel...
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    Party (NSDAP) in 1933, became an engineer, business executive, Wehrwirtschaftsführer at Hugo Schneider AG and also headed the employment office that...
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    Nazi German chemist, industrial manager and, in the Third Reich, a Wehrwirtschaftsführer (war economy leader). He was tried, and ultimately acquitted, for...
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    Nevertheless, at the end of 1943 or early 1944, he was still appointed Wehrwirtschaftsführer. From 1938 to 1940, Walz had financed the emigration of Jews for...
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  • Stuttgart – 14 December 1974, in Frankenthal) was a German chemist and Wehrwirtschaftsführer (war economy leader) during the Third Reich. He subsequently became...
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    Research). The German government also awarded him the title of Wehrwirtschaftsführer (defense industry leader). In 1938, Adolf Hitler bestowed upon Messerschmitt...
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  • a national leader in the German crafts organization, becoming a Wehrwirtschaftsführer (military economic leader) during the Second World War. Hess was...
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    Krupp – like his father – was appointed military economic leader (Wehrwirtschaftsführer). He was also a deputy of his father in his capacity as chairman...
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  • Nazi Party and business and industry. He also held the post of Wehrwirtschaftsführer (Military Economic Leader).– Died 11 September 1972) 64,697 1933...
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    served in the SS as an Obersturmbannführer and was appointed as a Wehrwirtschaftsführer, recognizing his company's importance to the war effort. Sachs was...
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    FC Bayern München Günther Quandt (1881–1954), industrialist and Wehrwirtschaftsführer Walter Granzow (1887–1952), Minister-president of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;...
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    including time already served; died 1960 Georg von Schnitzler Wehrwirtschaftsführer (Military Economy Leader); Captain in the SA I G I   I 5 years,...
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  • 1937 Pritzwalk, Munich, Germany Günther Quandt (1881-1954) was a Wehrwirtschaftsführer; his industrial empire played a leading role in the war economy...
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    businessman Herbert Tengelmann [de] was placed on the Board as Wehrwirtschaftsführer. Of the 5000 employees in May 1940 around 1000 were of Jewish origin...
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    December 1965) was a Nazi German businessman with IG Farben and Wehrwirtschaftsführer (war economy leader) during the Second World War. He was tried for...
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    former Nazi Party member Carl Wurster, who served in Nazi Germany as Wehrwirtschaftsführer (war economy leader). With the German economic miracle in the 1950s...
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    industrialist, later appointed Leader of the Armament Economy (Wehrwirtschaftsführer) Wolfgang Reuter [de], director general of Demag, chairman of Vereins...
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    of the Nazi Party in 1933 and subsequently received the title of Wehrwirtschaftsführer. In addition, Merck was president of the Hessian Chamber of Commerce...
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    In 1935, general manager Friedrich Linde received the title of Wehrwirtschaftsführer, which underlined the national importance of Linde AG and allowed...
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    May 1937, and in 1938 he was named a Military Economic Leader (Wehrwirtschaftsführer). Flick's enterprises were instrumental in Nazi Germany's rearmament...
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    (1896–1958), industrialist, in the Nazi era Obersturmbannführer and Wehrwirtschaftsführer Georg Schäfer (1896–1975), industrialist and art collector Karl...
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  • during World War II, his company used slave labor. He was named a Wehrwirtschaftsführer, an executive of a large company supporting the Wehrmacht during...
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    1954), was a German entrepreneur, scientist, lecturer, and Nazi Wehrwirtschaftsführer. He was tried for war crimes for his involvement in the Holocaust...
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  • January 1967 in Bremerhaven) was a German entrepreneur, senator, Wehrwirtschaftsführer, painter and patron in Bremerhaven. Hans Kohn's parents were Franz...
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  • joined the Nazi Party and SS in 1937 and was awarded the title Wehrwirtschaftsführer. Other positions he filled under the Nazis included head of the...
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    GmbH, or 'ERMA' for short. In 1937 Berthold Geipel is appointed Wehrwirtschaftsführer of Erfurt by the Nazi regime. From the version 'EMP 36' of ERMA...
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  • 1945), known as Fritz Kranefuß, was a German industrialist and a Wehrwirtschaftsführer (Military Economy Leader) in the Third Reich. Kranefuss was on the...
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    the National Socialist economy, and was recognized by Göring as a Wehrwirtschaftsführer. Cigarettes were distributed free to soldiers, including minors...
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