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Hjalmar Schacht (born Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht; 22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970, German pronunciation: [ˈjalmaʁ ˈʃaxt]) was a German economist, banker, politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party.
May 30, 2024 · Hjalmar Schacht (born Jan. 22, 1877, Tinglev, Ger.—died June 4, 1970, Munich, W.Ger. [now in Germany]) was a German banker and financial expert who achieved international renown by halting the ruinous inflation that threatened the existence of the Weimar Republic in 1922–23.
Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970) was Minister of Economics and General Plenipotentiary for the War Economy until 1937 and Reichsbank (national bank) president until 1939. Superceded by Hermann Göring in economic affairs, he remained as Minister without Portfolio until 1943.
May 26, 2015 · Hjalmar Schacht was the President of the Riechsbank in Nazi Germany. A supporter of Hitler, he was rewarded with the position in March 1933, just 2 months after Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
Schacht was a proponent of the view that as much of the requisite raw materials as possible should be produced within Germany. At the same time, however, he recognized that large imports of raw materials were indispensable to the success of the conspirators' gigantic armament program.
Dec 12, 2013 · Schacht was, of course, the chief architect of Nazi economic policy and the inventor of the infamous Mefo bill, which we shall discuss in more detail below. The transcript is fascinating because it includes a nice overview of Nazi economic policy during the war and the years of rearmament. I’ll give some context first of all.
Jun 8, 2018 · The German economist and banker Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (1877-1970), widely admired and hated as Germany's "financial wizard," played a vital role in his country's economic recoveries after the inflation of 1923 and in the Hitler years.
Abstract. Seeking an arms deal, Kung flew to Germany to meet Adolf Hitler. There he also met Hjalmar Schacht, the austere German Reichsbank head. Schacht was a clever banker who became famous for helping stem Germany’s hyper-inflation in the 1920s.
Jun 5, 1970 · MUNICH, West Germany, June 4 (Reuters) — Dr. Hjalmar H. G. Schacht, who guided Hitler's economic policies, in early years, died today in a Munich hospital. He was 93 years old. Dr. Schacht...
Hjalmar Schacht was president of the Reichsbank before Paul von Hindenburg was President of Germany. He was Adolf Hitler’s Economics Minister from 1934 to 1937.
