Adolf Hitler Fund of German Trade and Industry

The Adolf Hitler Fund of German industry was on 1 June in 1933 by Empire state of German Industry ( RStDI ) introduced donation to the NSDAP. The charge was for the leader of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, named and was intended to support " national reconstruction ". In fact, the funds were Hitler's personal disposition available.

It was suggested this fundraiser for National Socialism in the spring of 1933 by Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Hjalmar Schacht and Martin Bormann. At a meeting of Hitler, Goering and Schacht with representatives of important companies such as IG Farben, Friedrich Krupp AG, United Steel Works, AEG, Siemens AG, Adam Opel AG Hitler explained the basic concepts of its policy and pledged thereby eliminating the trade unions, as well as the end of all democratic process for the next decades. Krupp was there in his role as "leader" of the RStDI worked, before he was president of the disbanded on May 22, 1933 predecessor Reich Association of German Industry (RDI ) was that ( VDAV ) had been merged to RStDI with the Association of German Employers' Associations. Therefore Krupp fell to the leadership of the installed on the organization of the payment of trustees. The Adolf Hitler Fund of German industry sealed the " alliance of interests on reciprocity " between the NSDAP and business associations, in turn, the regime of the General Council of the economy, with the Krupp and other business magnates should back up their political influence.

In the years following the introduction in 1933, in which the participation in the payment was voluntary, the Adolf- Hitler - donation developed more and more into a compulsory levy for numerous businesses in industry, banking and agriculture. All innkeepers for example, had already pay for the period from 1 to 31 August 1933, per cent of their turnover on the Adolf Hitler Fund of German industry on the orders of the Reich leadership of the Reich Association of the German unit catering trade. Innkeepers who refused were reported.

The industry associations urged to participate in the levy because they were able to escape the various fund-raising from the environment of Nazi Rudolf Hess banned in a party Regulation to all members and services of the NSDAP to ask those companies and organizations in fundraising activities that are already on the Adolf had participated Hitler Fund.

The payable amount was calculated according to the total wage and salary bill of the previous year. This so -wage labor costs of enterprises were increased. The percent load was 5 per thousand of the total salary costs of a company. By 1945, as 700 million Reichsmark came together in donations.