Hjalmar Schacht
Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht was a German economist, banker, politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank during the Weimar Republic. He was a fierce critic of his country's post-World War I reparations obligations.
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Background
- Born in
- Tinglev Municipality
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenHumboldt-Universität zu BerlinLeipzig UniversityKiel UniversityUniversity of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Golden Party Badge
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Trending topics shown first"The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time. We wish to keep our people and our culture pure and distinctive, just as the Jews have always demanded this of thems…"
"There was only the choice between Communism and Hitler, and I will tell you why Hitler won. People will not give up religion, rights, freedom of personality, the opportunity to develop by individual e…"
"One thing I fear, that you Americans will do the same thing that you did after the last war. I mean that you will pull out of here and leave Europe, then Russia will have her way. Private enterprise a…"
"It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life."
"My so-called foreign friends do neither me nor the situation nor themselves any good when they try to bring me into opposition to the allegedly impossible National Socialist economic theories and decl…"
"The Moneyman Behind The Nazis" by Thane Peterson in Businessweek"
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1877
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