Walther Funk
August 18, 1890 – May 31, 1960
Walther Funk (1890–1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reich Minister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsbank from 1939 to 1945. He oversaw the mobilization of the German economy for rearmament and World War II and the expropriation of assets from concentration camp victims. Convicted of crimes against humanity by the Nuremberg Tribunal, he was executed in 1946.
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Party membership
- from Jun 1, 1931 Nazi Party
