Wehrwirtschaftsführer
Wehrwirtschaftsführer ( WeWiFü ) were head armor important companies in the Nazi German Reich. These were appointed in 1935 by the weir Economic and Armaments Office in the OKW. Intention was to tie them to the army and to give them a quasi-military status. After 1938, the appointment was made by the Reich Ministry of Economics. After 1940, leaders of enterprises of the non- armor were more often given this title to document the conversion of farms to the needs of the war economy. In particular, in appointments before 1940 the title hardly says something about the political proximity of the owner to the Nazi regime or the armor economic importance of its operation. An appointment to Wehrwirtschaftsführer easier on the holding negative labor regulations for the workers and employees.
Wehrwirtschaftsführer (selection)
In total, about 400 people were appointed military industrial leaders, including:
- Hans Constantin floor ( AEG)
- Walter Borbet, CEO and Director General of the Coal Group Bochum club
- Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward
- William Borm
- Carl Bosch ( I.G. colors)
- Max Brose
- Richard Bruhn ( Auto Union )
- Heinrich Bütefisch ( I.G. colors)
- August Diehn (German Kalisyndikat )
- Richard Eugene Dorr (1896-1975)
- Carl Martin Dolezalek
- Claude Dornier
- Eckener (1939 )
- Gerhard Fieseler ( Gerhard Fieseler Werke)
- Friedrich Flick
- Edmund Geilenberg
- Ernst Heinkel
- Jost Henkel
- Heinrich Hunke
- Robert Kabelac
- Gustav Kollmann
- Carl Krauch
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- Friedrich Linde
- Karl Emanuel Merck ( Merck KGaA)
- Otto flag
- Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt
- Johannes Müller ( Junkers )
- Heinrich Nordhoff
- Heinrich Notz
- Hans Constantin Paulssen
- Waldemar Petersen ( AEG)
- Ernst Poensgen
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Günther Quandt
- Karl Quasebart
- Fritz Reuther
- Waldemar Rienäcker
- Hermann Röchling
- Willy Sachs
- Eduard Schalfejew
- Robert H. Schmidt, CEO Ford Germany
- Eduard Schulte
- Hans -Günther Sohl
- Franz Stapelfeldt
- Kurt Tank
- Herbert Tengelmann
- Hermann Terberger
- Emil Tscheulin
- Wilhelm Voss
- Ludger Westrick
- Wolf -Dietrich von Witzleben (Siemens)
- Ernst Zindel ( Junkers )
Literature and sources
- Klaus Drobisch: Documents provided on the history and character of the fascist Wehrwirtschaftsführer Corps. In: Journal of Military History 5, 1966, ISSN 0044-3115, pp. 323-337.
- Jens Ulrich Heine: name and origin of Wehrwirtschaftsführer of the German Empire on January 1, 1942 1976..