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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 or of a large factory ({{langx |de| rüstungswichtiger Betrieb | translation = company important for the production of [[war materials]]}}). ''Wehrwirtschaftsführer'' were appointed, starting in 1935, by the {{ill|Wehrwirtschafts und Rüstungsamt|de|Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt}} (department which existed from 1939 for implementing the policy of directing the nation's economic activity towards preparation for and support of the war effort, including [[armaments]]) being a part of the ''[[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]]'' (''OKW''), that was pushing the build-up of arms for the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' (which was founded in March 1935). Appointments aimed to bind the ''Wehrwirtschaftsführer'' to the ''Wehrmacht'' and to give them a quasi-military status. |
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'''Wehrwirtschaftsführer''' (WeWiFü) waren im [[Deutsches Reich 1933 bis 1945|nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Reich]] Leiter rüstungswichtiger Betriebe. Diese wurden ab 1935 durch das [[Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt]] im [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|OKW]] ernannt. Absicht war es, sie an die [[Wehrmacht]] zu binden und ihnen einen quasi militärischen Status zu geben. Nach 1938 erfolgte die Ernennung durch das [[Reichsministerium für Wirtschaft]]. Ab 1940 wurden immer öfter auch führende Vertreter von Unternehmen der Nicht-Rüstung dieser Titel verliehen, um die Umstellung der Betriebe auf die Belange der Kriegswirtschaft zu dokumentieren. Insbesondere bei Ernennungen vor 1940 sagt der Titel kaum etwas über die politische Nähe des Inhabers zum [[NS-Regime]] oder über die rüstungswirtschaftliche Bedeutung seines Betriebes. Eine Ernennung zum Wehrwirtschaftsführer erleichterte in dem betreffenden Betrieb negative arbeitsrechtliche Bestimmungen für die Arbeiter und Angestellten. |
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After 1938, the {{illm|Reich Ministry of Economics|de|Reichswirtschaftsministerium}} appointed the ''Wehrwirtschaftsführer''. From 1940 on, this title was given more and more also to leading employees in companies not belonging to the armament branch, also to demonstrate that those companies were contributing to the [[wartime economy]]. |
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Zu Wehrwirtschaftsführern wurden unter anderem ernannt: |
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Especially before 1940, appointments did not indicate the political attitude of the person receiving the title. The designation also gave no indication that a given company was important for armaments. |
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If a manager was appointed ''Wehrwirtschaftsführer'', their company could more easily degrade employment conditions for the workers and employees. |
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==Appointees== |
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{{Incomplete list|date=February 2022}} |
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* {{ill|August Bode|de}} |
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* [[Gustav Böhme]], owner of Dr. Ing. Böhme & Co., Metallwarenfabrik, Minden-Lübbeckerstrasse<ref>Reinhold Blanke-Bohne, “Die unterirdische Verlagerung von Rüstungsbetrieben und die Außenlager des KZ Neuengamme in Porta Westfalica bei Minden.” Dissertation, University of Bremen, 1984.</ref> |
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* [[William Borm]] |
* [[William Borm]] |
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* [[Carl Bosch]] |
* [[Carl Bosch]] |
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* [[Max Brose]] |
* [[Max Brose]] |
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* [[Heinrich Bütefisch]] ([[I.G. Farben]]) |
* [[Heinrich Bütefisch]] ([[I.G. Farben]]) |
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* {{ill|August Diehn|de}} ({{ill|Deutsches Kalisyndikat|de}}) |
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* {{ill|Carl Martin Dolezalek|de}}<ref>Manfred Overesch, [https://books.google.com/books?id=4H0EuE8uEuMC&q=dolezalek+karl ''Bosch in Hildesheim 1937–1945: freies Unternehmertum und nationalsozialistische Rüstungspolitik''], Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-525-36754-4}} {{in lang|de}}</ref> |
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* [[Claude Dornier]] |
* [[Claude Dornier]] |
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* [[Gerhard Fieseler]] |
* [[Gerhard Fieseler]] |
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* [[Friedrich Flick]] |
* [[Friedrich Flick]] |
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* [[Fritz Gajewski]] |
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* [[Edmund Geilenberg]] |
* [[Edmund Geilenberg]] |
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* Berthold Geipel, founder of Erfurter Maschinenfabrik '''('''[[Erma Werke|ERMA]]) |
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* [[Alfred Freiherr von Harder]] |
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* [[Ernst Heinkel]] |
* [[Ernst Heinkel]] |
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* [[Jost Henkel]] |
* [[Jost Henkel]] |
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* [[Paul Henrichs]] ([[Carl Zeiss, Jena]]) |
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* [[Heinrich Hunke]] |
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* [[Arthur Hess (SA general)|Arthur Hess]] |
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* [[Heinrich Hörlein]] |
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* {{ill|Heinrich Hunke|de|Heinrich Hunke (Verleger)}} |
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* [[Max Ilgner]] |
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* {{ill|Gustav Köllmann|de}} |
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* [[Hans Kohnert]] |
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* [[August Kotthaus]] ([[Carl Zeiss, Jena]]) |
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* [[Fritz Kranefuss]] |
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* [[Carl Krauch]] |
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* [[Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach]] |
* [[Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach]] |
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* [[Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach]] |
* [[Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach]] |
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* [[Heinz Küppenbender]] ([[Carl Zeiss, Jena]]) |
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* [[Friedrich Linde]]<ref>[http://www.linde.com/international/web/linde/like35lindede.nsf/docbyalias/page_ch_chronicle_19351974details_5]</ref> |
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* [[Carl Lautenschläger]] |
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* Friedrich Linde, of [[Linde plc]] |
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* [[Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt]] |
* [[Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt]] |
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* {{ill|Johannes Müller (industrialist)|lt=Johannes Müller|de|Johannes Müller (Fabrikant)}} |
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* [[Fritz Nallinger]] |
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* [[Heinrich Nordhoff]] |
* [[Heinrich Nordhoff]] |
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* {{ill|Heinrich Notz|de}} |
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* {{ill|Hans Constantin Paulssen|de}} |
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* {{ill|Alfred Pierburg|de}} |
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* [[Paul Pleiger]] |
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* [[Ernst Poensgen]] |
* [[Ernst Poensgen]] |
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* [[Ferdinand Porsche]] |
* [[Ferdinand Porsche]] |
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* [[Günther Quandt]] |
* [[Günther Quandt]] |
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* [[Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma]] |
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* [[Friedrich Reinhart]] |
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* {{ill|Wilhelm Renner|de|Wilhelm Renner (Manager, 1890)}} |
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* {{ill|Fritz Reuther|de}} |
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* [[Hermann Röchling]] |
* [[Hermann Röchling]] |
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* [[Alexander Rodenstock]] |
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* [[Willy Sachs]] |
* [[Willy Sachs]] |
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* {{ill|Eduard Schalfejew|de}} |
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* [[Christian Schneider]] |
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* [[Georg Schnitzler]] |
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* [[Philipp Alois von Schoeller]] |
* [[Philipp Alois von Schoeller]] |
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* [[Hermann von Siemens]] |
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* {{ill|Hans-Günther Sohl|de}} |
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* {{ill|Franz Stapelfeldt|de}} |
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* [[Otto Steinbrinck]] |
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* [[Gerd Stieler von Heydekampf]] |
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* [[Kurt Tank]] |
* [[Kurt Tank]] |
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* [[Alfred Teves]] |
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* {{ill|Herbert Tengelmann|de}} |
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* {{ill|Hermann Terberger|de}} |
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* {{ill|Emil Tscheulin|de}} |
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* {{ill|Wilhelm Voss|de|Wilhelm Voß (Wehrwirtschaftsführer)}} |
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* [[Hans Walz]] |
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* [[Gerhard Alois Westrick]] |
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* [[Ludger Westrick]] |
* [[Ludger Westrick]] |
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* {{ill|Wolf-Dietrich von Witzleben|de}} ([[Siemens]]) |
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* [[Carl Wurster]] |
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* [[Wilhelm Zangen]] |
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* {{ill|Ernst Zindel|de}} |
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After the end of the war, most military leaders were punished by the Allies, but were soon reinstated in key posts of reconstruction under [[Cold War]] conditions. Symptomatic of this was the return to power of [[Friedrich Flick]], the greatest business leader of the [[Third Reich]] and the most prominent leader of the military economy. After seven years of captivity, he again became the greatest entrepreneur of the Federal Republic, awarded the Grand Cross of Merit with shoulder strap and star.<ref>Kurt Pritzkoleit: [https://ulis-buecherecke.ch/pdf_zur_geschichte_deutschlands/wirtschaftswunder_begann_im_3.reich.pdf%7C ''Gott erhält die Mächtigen - Rück- und Rundblick auf den deutschen Wohlstand'']. Düsseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag, S. 430, pp. 95 -123 (comprehensive list of World War II "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" and their role in German economy and politics which was firmly established again after the war).</ref> |
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== Literature == |
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* Paul Erker: Industrieeliten in der NS-Zeit: Anpassungsbereitschaft und Eigeninteresse von Unternehmen in der Rüstungs- und Kriegswirtschaft, 1936 - 1945. Passau: Wissenschaftsverlag Rothe, 1993, 120 p. |
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* Klaus Drobisch: ''Dokumente über Vorgeschichte und Charakter des faschistischen Wehrwirtschaftsführer-Korps''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Militärgeschichte'' 5, 1966, {{ISSN|0044-3115}}, S. 323–337. |
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* Kurt Pritzkoleit: [https://ulis-buecherecke.ch/pdf_zur_geschichte_deutschlands/wirtschaftswunder_begann_im_3.reich.pdf%7C ''Gott erhält die Mächtigen - Rück- und Rundblick auf den deutschen Wohlstand'']. Düsseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag, S. 430, pp. 95 -123 (comprehensive list of World War II "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" and their role in German economy and politics which was firmly established again after the war). |
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== References == |
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*Braunbuch: Kriegs- und Naziverbrecher in der Bundesrepublik und in Westberlin. Hrsg. v. Nationalrat der Nationalen Front des Demokratischen Deutschland, 1968. Online verfügbar: [http://www.braunbuch.de/1-04.shtml Liste von Wehrwirtschaftsführern] |
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*Cornelia Rauh-Kühne: „[http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/forum/type=anfragen&count=42&recno=22&sort=datum&order=down&id=81&epoche=18&segment_ignore=128&re=82 Wehrwirtschaftsführer im NS]“ auf ''[[H-Soz-u-Kult]]'', 1. Juli 2002 |
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*[http://www.lebensgeschichten.net/selcont3.asp?typ=L&value=472 Begriffsbestimmung] aus der ''[[Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus]]'' |
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== Einzelnachweise == |
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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 or of a large factory (German: rüstungswichtiger Betrieb, lit. 'company important for the production of war materials'). Wehrwirtschaftsführer were appointed, starting in 1935, by the Wehrwirtschafts und Rüstungsamt (department which existed from 1939 for implementing the policy of directing the nation's economic activity towards preparation for and support of the war effort, including armaments) being a part of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), that was pushing the build-up of arms for the Wehrmacht (which was founded in March 1935). Appointments aimed to bind the Wehrwirtschaftsführer to the Wehrmacht and to give them a quasi-military status.
After 1938, the Reich Ministry of Economics appointed the Wehrwirtschaftsführer. From 1940 on, this title was given more and more also to leading employees in companies not belonging to the armament branch, also to demonstrate that those companies were contributing to the wartime economy.
Especially before 1940, appointments did not indicate the political attitude of the person receiving the title. The designation also gave no indication that a given company was important for armaments.
If a manager was appointed Wehrwirtschaftsführer, their company could more easily degrade employment conditions for the workers and employees.
Appointees
[edit]- August Bode
- Gustav Böhme, owner of Dr. Ing. Böhme & Co., Metallwarenfabrik, Minden-Lübbeckerstrasse[1]
- Walter Borbet , chief executive officer and general director of the Bochumer Verein coal mining company[2]
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward
- William Borm
- Carl Bosch
- Max Brose
- Richard Bruhn (Auto Union)
- Heinrich Bütefisch (I.G. Farben)
- August Diehn (Deutsches Kalisyndikat )
- Carl Martin Dolezalek[3]
- Claude Dornier
- Gerhard Fieseler
- Friedrich Flick
- Fritz Gajewski
- Edmund Geilenberg
- Berthold Geipel, founder of Erfurter Maschinenfabrik (ERMA)
- Alfred Freiherr von Harder
- Ernst Heinkel
- Jost Henkel
- Paul Henrichs (Carl Zeiss, Jena)
- Arthur Hess
- Heinrich Hörlein
- Heinrich Hunke
- Max Ilgner
- Robert Kabelac
- Gustav Köllmann
- Hans Kohnert
- August Kotthaus (Carl Zeiss, Jena)
- Fritz Kranefuss
- Carl Krauch
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- Heinz Küppenbender (Carl Zeiss, Jena)
- Carl Lautenschläger
- Friedrich Linde, of Linde plc
- Wilhelm Meinberg
- Karl Merck[4]
- Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt
- Johannes Müller
- Fritz Nallinger
- Heinrich Nordhoff
- Heinrich Notz
- Hans Constantin Paulssen
- Alfred Pierburg
- Paul Pleiger
- Ernst Poensgen
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Günther Quandt
- Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma
- Friedrich Reinhart
- Wilhelm Renner
- Fritz Reuther
- Waldemar Rienäcker
- Hermann Röchling
- Alexander Rodenstock
- Willy Sachs
- Eduard Schalfejew
- Hermann Schmitz
- Christian Schneider
- Georg Schnitzler
- Philipp Alois von Schoeller
- Hermann von Siemens
- Hans-Günther Sohl
- Franz Stapelfeldt
- Otto Steinbrinck
- Gerd Stieler von Heydekampf
- Kurt Tank
- Alfred Teves
- Herbert Tengelmann
- Hermann Terberger
- Emil Tscheulin
- Ernst Hellmut Vits
- Wilhelm Voss
- Hans Walz
- Gerhard Alois Westrick
- Ludger Westrick
- Wolf-Dietrich von Witzleben (Siemens)
- Carl Wurster
- Wilhelm Zangen
- Ernst Zindel
Wehrwirtschaftsführer after the war
[edit]After the end of the war, most military leaders were punished by the Allies, but were soon reinstated in key posts of reconstruction under Cold War conditions. Symptomatic of this was the return to power of Friedrich Flick, the greatest business leader of the Third Reich and the most prominent leader of the military economy. After seven years of captivity, he again became the greatest entrepreneur of the Federal Republic, awarded the Grand Cross of Merit with shoulder strap and star.[5]
Literature
[edit]- Paul Erker: Industrieeliten in der NS-Zeit: Anpassungsbereitschaft und Eigeninteresse von Unternehmen in der Rüstungs- und Kriegswirtschaft, 1936 - 1945. Passau: Wissenschaftsverlag Rothe, 1993, 120 p.
- Kurt Pritzkoleit: Gott erhält die Mächtigen - Rück- und Rundblick auf den deutschen Wohlstand. Düsseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag, S. 430, pp. 95 -123 (comprehensive list of World War II "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" and their role in German economy and politics which was firmly established again after the war).
References
[edit]- ^ Reinhold Blanke-Bohne, “Die unterirdische Verlagerung von Rüstungsbetrieben und die Außenlager des KZ Neuengamme in Porta Westfalica bei Minden.” Dissertation, University of Bremen, 1984.
- ^ Gustav-Hermann Seebold, "Ein Stahlkonzern im Dritten Reich – Der Bochumer Verein 1927–1945", Peter Hammer Verlag Wuppertal 1981, p. 242 (in German)
- ^ Manfred Overesch, Bosch in Hildesheim 1937–1945: freies Unternehmertum und nationalsozialistische Rüstungspolitik, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-36754-4 (in German)
- ^ Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 2nd aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8, p. 404. (in German)
- ^ Kurt Pritzkoleit: Gott erhält die Mächtigen - Rück- und Rundblick auf den deutschen Wohlstand. Düsseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag, S. 430, pp. 95 -123 (comprehensive list of World War II "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" and their role in German economy and politics which was firmly established again after the war).