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Looking for a list of all "Wehrwirtschaftsführer"

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Post by -Koj- » 29 Jul 2004, 20:23

Hello,
I am looking for a list of all "Wehrwirtschaftsführer", and the recipients of the Award "Abzeichen für Wehrwirtschaftsführer" (maybe some Photos?).
Thank you.
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Post by Manstein » 30 Jul 2004, 03:30

Here are some with a few biographical details:

Otto Ambros (1901-1990) - I.G. Farben official, sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment at the I.G. Farben Trial for involvement in slavery and mass murder, he was released in 1952.

Heinrich Bütefisch (1894-1969) (SS-Obersturmbannführer) - I.G. Farben official, sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment for his involvement in slave labor and mass murder. He was released in January 1951.

Odilo Burkart (1898-?) - Associate of Flick, acquitted at the Flick trial.

Claude Dornier (1884-1969) - Industrialist, created the Do planes for the Luftwaffe. He was exonerated by a de-Nazification court.

Fritz Gajewski (1888-1962) - I.G. Farben offical, acquitted at the I.G. Farben Trial.

Friedrich Flick (1883-1972) - Head of several industries, sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment for involvement in slave labor, released in 1950.

Ernst Heinkel (1888-1958) - Designer and manufacturer of the He planes during World War II. He was classified as a "fellow traveler" by a de-Nazification court and fined, despite involvement in slave labor.

Eduard Houdremont (1896?-1958) - Krupp official, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for involvement in slave labor, released at the same time as Krupp.

Max Ilgner (1899-1966) - I.G. Farben official, sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment for plunder and spoilation. He was released immediately, his sentence having been considered served.

Konrad Kaletsch - Flick official, acquitted of all charges at the Flick trial.

Carl Krauch (1887-1968) - Chairman of the advisory board of I.G. Farben. Sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment for involvement in slave labor, released in 1950.

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907-1967) (NSFK-Standartenführer) - Head of the Krupp industries, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for his involvement in slave labor. He was released on February 4, 1951.

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870-1950) - Head of the Krupp industry until 1943, not tried due to ill health.

Friedrich Wilhelm Janssen - Krupp official, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for involvement in slave labor, released at the same time as Krupp.

Ewald Oskar Ludwig Löser (1888-1970) - Krupp official, was also involved in the July Plot. He avoided execution by faking partial amnesia, but was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment for his involvement in slave labor. He was released in 1950.

Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898-1978) - Airplane designer and manufacturer, designed and manufactured the Messerschmitt planes. He was classified as a "fellow traveler" by a de-Nazification court and fined.

Erich Müller - Official at Krupp, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for slave labor. Released at the same time as Krupp.

Karl Heinrich Pfirsch - Official at Krupp, only defendant at the Krupp trial to be acquitted of all charges.

Hermann Schmitz (1881-1960) - I.G. Farben official, sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment for plunder and spoilation.

Christian Schneider - I.G. Farben official, acquitted of all charges ath the I.G. Farben trial.

Georg von Schnitzler (1884-1962) (SA-Hauptsturmführer) - Official of I.G. Farben, sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment for involvement in plunder and spoilation.

Otto Steinbrinck (1888-1949) (SS-Brigadeführer) - Steinbrinck, in addition to being deputy to Friedrich Flick, was a captain in the navy. He was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment for having membership in a criminal organization. He died in prison.

Fritz Ter Meer (1884-1967) - Official of I.G. Farben, sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment for involvement in slave labor at Auschwitz, the only defendant convicted on charges of plunder, spoilation, mass murder, and slavery.

Wilhelm Zangen (1891-1971) - Industrialist and Vice President of the Chamber of Economics in Berlin. He continued to be a successful industrialist after the war.
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Post by -Koj- » 30 Jul 2004, 14:07

Thank you for this list Manstein :)
Maybe somebody had a photo of the Wehrwirtschaftsführerabzeichen in wear?
Thank you
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Post by -Koj- » 31 Jul 2004, 16:04

Are there no photos of a "Wehrwirtschaftsführerabzeichen" in wear? :? :(
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Post by Marcus » 01 Aug 2004, 00:48

-Koj- wrote:Are there no photos of a "Wehrwirtschaftsführerabzeichen" in wear? :? :(
Don't you think you should wait more than a day before posting a reminder? I suggest waiting at least a week.

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 01 Aug 2004, 10:42

The following persons were decorated as "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" with the
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes (ohne / mit Schwertern):
Pleiger, Paul
Rohland, Walter, Dr.-Ing.
Saur, Karl Otto
Werner, William, Dr.-Ing.
Ambros, Otto, Prof. Dr. phil.
Bütefisch, Heinrich, Dr.-Ing.
Wurster, Karl, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Merker, Otto
Frydag, Karl, Dipl.-Ing.
Heyne, Hans, Dipl.-Ing.
Kessler, Philipp, Dr.-Ing.
Lüschen, Friedrich, Dr.-Ing. e.h., Dr. phil. hc.
Tix, Arthur
Hayler, Franz, Dr. re. pol.
Messerschmidt, Willy, Prof. Dr-Ing.
Wolff, Albert, Prof. Dr. Ing.
Röchling, Hermann, Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. pol. hc.

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Post by -Koj- » 01 Aug 2004, 22:09

Sorry @ Marcus

@Oberstab,
Thank you very much for this list! :)
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Post by JoeW » 05 Aug 2004, 15:45

I believe you can add Dipl Ing. Heinrich Uhrig and Fritz Walther, designer of the Walther PP/PPK and P38 to the list, as well as Hans Sauer of the weapons firm J.P. Sauer u. Sohn of Suhl and SS Bf Theo Croneiß covered in the indicated thread below. I know of no source list of all recipients. I believe author/publisher Klaus Patzwall has a work on the subject in preparation.http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... highlight=

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Post by Georges JEROME » 11 Aug 2004, 13:06

Hi,

the german "Braunbuch" published in East Germany in 1965 in various languages
includes a 16 pages short bio chapter dealing with german businessmen of the BDR involved in industrial network during III Reich.
including a large number of Wehrwirtschaftsführer


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Post by Dieter Zinke » 11 Aug 2004, 17:09

JEROME Georges wrote:Hi,

the german "Braunbuch" published in East Germany in 1965 in various languages
includes a 16 pages short bio chapter dealing with german businessmen of the BDR involved in industrial network during III Reich.
including a large number of Wehrwirtschaftsführer


JG
As supplement to Georges here some post-war pics:

Wehrwirtschaftsführer Dr. Alexander Lippisch with Prof. Willy Messerschmidt and Prof. Hellmut Walter.

Wehrwirtschaftsführer Otto Ambros:
When he died on 23.07.1990 his family wrote:
“Sein Leben war erfüllt durch seine berufliche Begeisterung für die Chemie und das Glück in der Familie.”
Member of the board of directors of IG-Farben,
Leiter Hauptausschuss “Pulver und Sprengstoffe” im Rüstungsamt,
Leiter Sonderausschuss K “Chemische Kampfmittel“ (since mid 1942),
His friendship with the SS (“Freundschaft mit der SS“) was “sehr segensreich“ (blessed) he wrote then.
He himself took care of the construction of the fourth Buna-Wek in Auschwitz, where forced labourers produced synthetic petrol.

The government of the Federal Republic of Germany intervened so that he had not to serve his ful punishment.
Soon the Dr. Dr. honoris causa was in numerous boards of directors of chemical trusts (deputy chairman Süddeutsche Kalkstickstoffwerke AG, Trostberg) and in the eighties he superintended the business of the Feldmühle AG.


Wehrwirtschaftsführer Heinrich Bütefisch:
The former member of the board of directors of IG-Farben, was placed in post-war-germany in the board of directors of Ruhr-Chemie-AG and also of Kohle-Öl-Chemie GmbH Gelsenkirchen.

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 11 Aug 2004, 17:23

Here another post-war pics:

Wehrwirtschaftsführer Hans Constantin Boden:
The former chief of the board of directors of AEG Berlin was then also member of the board of directors of AEG-Union Wien.
After the war he was President of the International Board of Trade (“Internationale Handelskammer”), chief of the board of directors of the AEG-trust, member of the Atomkommission der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

The other pics show the Wehrwirtschaftsführer
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
and
Friedrich Flick

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Post by Bernd R » 23 Jan 2009, 14:47

This thread is evaluated and the recipients are listed in the Wehrwirtschaftführer section of the "Political and Civil awards" sticky. Thanks in advance for further names / short Bio sketches / pics.

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Post by Bernd R » 12 Feb 2009, 22:43

Based on the various lists - wikipedia / = Spiegel.de , "Braunbuch"
http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokumen ... C3%BChrers
http://www.braunbuch.de/1-04.shtml
and according to the hint to check the compilations against each other per BdA NRW - Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (VVN-BdA) - (and basically do this anyway)
http://www.verbrechen-der-wirtschaft.de ... shilfe.htm
- refers to Ernst Klee "Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich" - Wer war was vor und nach 1945, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, too

here (and more next) are further Wehrwirtschaftsführer :

Georg Wilhelm Rudolf Blohm
http://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichsk ... 2_184.html
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward (appointed 8 Feb 1938)
http://www.borgward.com/eng/history_eng ... firma1.htm
Carl Bosch
http://www.wollheim-memorial.de/en/carl_bosch_18741940
Ernst Heinkel (10 Dec 1937)
http://www.heinkelwerke.de/Biographie.htm
Günther Quandt (1937)
http://www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www. ... index.html

a more unknown and unusual man (the essay quoted - unfortunately in german, sorry - is a very interesting text about the biographical research in archives and about the interpreting of records in general) :
Karl Holl (9 Nov 1943 , Ernennungsurkunde existing)
Rektor Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, 1930s ; Bevollmächtigter des Vorstandes der Deutschen Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Karlsruhe (appointed 1940) ; 1942-44: treuhänderischer Verwalter des Vermögens einer belgischen Firma [chancellor of a university - head of office of a weapons and ammunition company - trustee of the property of a Belgian company]
http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/sixcms/me ... hungen.pdf
(said there that the duty of "Wehrwirtschaftsführer" was carried out with dem allgemeinen Offiziersrang der Deutschen Wehrmacht ; which is a really interesting detail !? ; I guess it is meant he hold a rank of a Sonderführer)

/ Bernd

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Post by Bernd R » 14 Feb 2009, 15:53

Edmund Geilenberg, RK KVKmS, and Wehrwirtschaftsführer
Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich (Heinz) Nordhoff, Werksleiter Opel-LKW-Werk Brandenburg/Havel (Opel "Blitz" production)
Ernst Poensgen (1937)
http://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichsk ... 2_120.html

named in this thesis (2002) : http://www.rosaluxemburgstiftung.de/fil ... ipte37.pdf
Heinrich Hunke, Präsident des Werberates der deutschen Wirtschaft, (1937)
Max Illgner, Geschäftsführer der Buna-Werke, Schkopau, (1939)
Carl Krauch (1938)
Carl Wurster (1941)

Albert Pietzsch (1939/40)
http://www.ifz-muenchen.de/archiv/ed_0458.pdf

/ Bernd

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