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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-028 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 8 |
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| ARTICLE IN "THE ARCHIVE," DECEMBER 1937, CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY ECONOMY LEADERS | |
| Appointment of
Military Economy Leaders [Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer] |
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| Wa 12 December 1937 | |
| The Reich Minister for Aviation
and Supreme Commander of the Air Force, General Goering, appointed a number of
personalities of the German aviation industry to be Military Economy Leaders,
who were sworn in to the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor, their important duties
and tasks being pointed out to them. The following were appointed Military Economy Leaders: Max P. Andreae, engineer; Franz Dinslage, engineer; Claudius Dornier, engineer; Gerhard Fieseler, Ernst Heinkel, engineer Ph. D. h.c.; Walter Hormel, Hans Kalk, Karl Kessler; Commander [Fregattenkapitaen] (ret.) Hans Keilhack, Erich Koch, engineer; Heinrich Koppenberg, engineer, D. Tech. Se. h.c.; Professor Otto Mader, engineer; Professor Wilhelm Messerschmitt, engineer; Karl C. Mueller, Franz Popp, engineer; Guenther Quandt, engineer; Arthur Rautenbach, Max Roux, Friedrich Wilhelm Siebel, Kurt Tank, engineer; Richard Thiedemann, Richard Vogt, engineer; Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Felix Wagenfuehr; Wolff von Wedelstaedt. In this connection, it was announced on 14 December that the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor ordered the organization of a Corps of Military Economy Leaders in the year 1936. The Reich Minister of War and the supreme commanders of the three branches of the armed forces can appoint as Military Economy Leaders, German citizens who have distinguished themselves or are still doing so, especially in the material reconstruction of the armed forces. In this appointment, the voluntary cooperation of the economy in all tasks of national defense finds expression here at the same time, originating from the military economic conviction and the obligation of every individual to the armed forces. With the appointment as Military Economy Leaders, these personalities obligate themselves to a special extent to a relationship of faithfulness to the State and the armed forces. In foreign countries as well, such ties between the military and the economy have partially |
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* "The Archive" (Das Archiv) was published by Verlagsanstalt Otto Stollberg, Berlin W 9 and edited by A. I. Berndt. This article appeared on pages 1153 and 1154, Volume 45.
