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Hjalmar Schacht
January 22, 1877 - June 3, 1970
Nationality: German
Category: Economist
Subcategory: German Economist

And this thesis is somewhat connected with general social and political observations, because it establishes the fact that the number of consumers is considerably larger than the number of producers, a fact which exercises a not inconsiderable social and political pressure.

   

Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc; and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited.

   

It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the above statistics.

   

Only the closest collaborators of the Fuehrer know how difficult is the burden of this responsibility; how sorrowful are the hours during which decisions must be made which bear upon the well being and the fate of all of Germany.

   

The economy is a very sensitive organism.

   

After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed. His appearance was neither pretentious nor affected.

   

The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer.

   

The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time.

   

Germany stays and falls with the success of the policy of Hitler.

   

Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant.

   

The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary!

   

But the memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so- called peace treaties.

   

The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue.

   

Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.

   

Allied supplies of arms to Russia, and the manpower reserves of Russia have been sufficient to bring continuous counter-attacks against our Eastern Front.

   

With the aid of this credit policy, however, Germany created an armament second to none, and this armament in turn made possible the results of our policy.

   

Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany.

   

The German future lies in the hands of our Fuehrer.

   

The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting.

   

Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience.

   

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