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Walther Immanuel Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reich Minister for Economic Affairs (1938–1945) and president of Reichsbank (1939–1945).
Reich Organization Leader of the Nazi Party; In office 10 November 1934 – 8 May 1945: Preceded by: Adolf Hitler: Succeeded by: Position abolished: Head of the German Labour Front; In office
February 1938: Walther Funk succeeds Göring as Reich Minister of Economics. February 1938: Joachim von Ribbentrop replaces Neurath as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neurath remains a Reich Minister (without portfolio). February 1938: Blomberg resigns as Reich Minister of War and his office is abolished.
Pohl also worked with Walther Funk, Reich Minister of Economics (German: Reichswirtschaftsminister), to oversee financial aspects of the Final Solution, the most deadly phase of the Holocaust. [4] Valuables such as gold watches, rings, even tooth fillings, glasses, and currency were taken from the inmates on arrival at the death camps.
On 4 February 1938, the new Reichsminister of Economics, Walther Funk, promoted Brinkmann to principal State Secretary of the ministry, replacing Hans Ernst Posse. At the same time, he was appointed to membership on the Prussian State Council by Prussian Minister President Hermann Göring. [1]
Walther Funk [52] Ferdinand aus der Fünten [53] G. Fritz Gajewski [54] Albert Ganzenmüller [55] Heinrich Gattineau [56] Hermann Gauch [57] Edwin Gebauer [58] Karl ...
In April and May 1945, the remaining reserves of the Reichsbank – gold (730 bars), cash (6 large sacks), and precious stones and metals such as platinum (25 sealed boxes) – were dispatched by Walther Funk [164] to be buried on the Klausenhof Mountain at Einsiedl in Bavaria, where the final German resistance was to be concentrated.
The main objection to the plan came from Walther Funk, the Reich Minister for Economic Affairs, who said it would breach international law. [15] Adolf Hitler, the German Chancellor, gave the final approval for the operation to proceed. [16] [n 4]