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The Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production (German: Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion) was established on March 17, 1940, in Nazi Germany.[1] Its official name before September 2, 1943, was the 'Reichsministerium für Bewaffnung und Munition' (transl. Reich Ministry of Arming and Munitions).[1]
Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 17 March 1940 |
Dissolved | 8 May 1945 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Nazi Germany |
Headquarters | Viktoriastraße 11, Berlin |
Employees | 500[citation needed] |
Minister responsible |
Its task was to improve the supply of the Wehrmacht with the necessary supplies of weapons and ammunition.[citation needed]
Ministers
editNo. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Ref. | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Fritz Todt (1891–1942) | 17 March 1940 | 8 February 1942 † | 1 year, 328 days | NSDAP | Hitler | [2] | ||
2 | Albert Speer (1905–1981) | 8 February 1942 | 30 April 1945 | 3 years, 81 days | NSDAP | Hitler | [3] | ||
3 | Karl Saur (1902–1966) | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | 2 days | NSDAP | Goebbels | [4] |
References
edit- ^ a b "ÖNB-ALEX - Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I 1867-1945". alex.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Stefan Kuhn Fritz Todt Deutsches Historisches Museum online, 17. September 2015 (German)
- ^ Wistrich, Robert (1982), Who's Who in Nazi Germany, Macmillan Publishing Co., p. 291, ISBN 0-02-630600-X
- ^ Speer, Albert (1970). Inside the Third Reich. New York: Avon Books. p. 613. ISBN 978-0380000715.
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