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Closing statement presented by Walther Funk at the Nuremberg Trials

Closing statement presented by Walther Funk at the Nuremberg Trials Closing statement presented by Walther Funk, Reich Minister for Economic Affairs and President of the Reichsbank, including his claim that while it is true that crimes were committed, he was in no position to know about them, and thus could not intervene.

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Speech

Language : German

Closing statement presented by Hjalmar Schacht at the Nuremberg Trials, and recollections of his involvement in Nazi politics

Closing statement presented by Hjalmar Schacht at the Nuremberg Trials, and recollections of his involvement in Nazi politics - Closing statement presented by Hjalmar Schacht at the Nuremberg Trials, including his claim that he tried to save the German Jews, and had tried to prevent the worst; - Schacht's recollections of his career as President of the Reichsbank and Reichswirtschaftsminister are presented as mitigating factors for his involvement in Nazi politics.

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, volume 22: protocol of the investigation of Franz Josef Eigner, 1962 - 1965

Documentation from a trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; Documentation of the trial, volume 22; protocol of the investigation of Franz Josef Eigner, 1962 - 1965 Documentation from a trial conducted against Austrian war criminals, most of whom participated in "Aktion Reinhardt": - Investigation against Hermann Hoefle started in Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District...

File Number : 22

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Affidavit submitted by Emil Puhl, the vice president of the Reichsbank, regarding deposits into the SS account of valuables that were confiscated from Jews and camp inmates, dated, 1946

Affidavit submitted by Emil Puhl, the vice president of the Reichsbank, regarding deposits into the SS account of valuables that were confiscated from Jews and camp inmates, dated, 1946 Affidavit submitted by Puhl, regarding receiving an order from Funk, the Minister of the Economy, in the name of Himmler, during summer 1942, to deposit in favor of the SS, the gold and jewelry that will be brought to the bank, and for that purpose he was in contact with Puhl; Puhl and the bank personnel understood, at the start of the transfer of the gold, jewelry, foreign currency and (banking) securities by the SS men,...

File Number : 235

Type of Material : Investigation Report

Language : German

Memorandum of the Reichsbank, written on 31 March 1944, regarding money and valuables that were taken from Jews and deposited in the Central Bank by the SS, using the code "Melmer", on 11 March 1944

Memorandum of the Reichsbank, written on 31 March 1944, regarding money and valuables that were taken from Jews and deposited in the Central Bank by the SS, using the code "Melmer", on 11 March 1944 Included in the file: Letter written by the Deutsche Bundesbahn [Federal Railways] Rosenthal/ dt. [Deutsche-German] Reich on the marking of deportation railroad cars.

File Number : 178