Office for German Raw and Synthetic Materials

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The Office for German Raw and Synthetic Materials was a Nazi-era economic agency responsible for organizing and controlling Germany’s supply and production of natural and synthetic raw materials in preparation for war.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi economic agency
government office
activity planning allocation of raw materials to industry
regulating access to strategic raw materials
supporting development of synthetic substitutes for scarce materials
aim ensure sufficient raw materials for rearmament
reduce dependence on imported raw materials
support German autarky policy
associatedWith German industrial policy in the 1930s
German war economy
controlled production of natural raw materials in Germany
production of synthetic raw materials in Germany
supply of natural raw materials in Germany
supply of synthetic raw materials in Germany
country Nazi Germany
field industrial planning
raw materials policy
war economy planning
focus strategic raw materials
synthetic fuel and rubber production
historicalRole component of Germany's preparation for total war
instrument of Nazi economic control
ideologyContext National Socialism
operatedIn Germany
partOf Nazi economic administration
policyContext Four Year Plan
German rearmament
war preparation
responsibleFor controlling Germany's supply of raw materials
controlling production of raw materials
coordination of natural raw materials
coordination of synthetic raw materials
organizing Germany's supply of raw materials
organizing production of raw materials
preparation of the German economy for war
sector economy
subordinateTo German state authorities under the Nazi regime
timePeriod Nazi era
usedFor centralized control of raw material flows
mobilization of resources for military purposes

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Office of the Four Year Plan
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