Reich Ministry of Economics

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The Reich Ministry of Economics was a central Nazi government department responsible for directing Germany’s economic policy, industrial production, and wartime economic planning during the Third Reich.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi government institution
central government department
government ministry
aimedAt economic self-sufficiency
preparation for war
rearmament of Germany
appliesToJurisdiction German Reich
controls allocation of raw materials
economic aspects of occupation policies
foreign trade regulation
industrial production priorities
cooperatedWith Four Year Plan Office
German industrial cartels
Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
Reich Ministry of Finance
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Reichsbank
country Germany
dissolvedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
headquartersLocation Berlin
ideology Nazism
autarky
economic nationalism
locatedIn Berlin
Germany
notableOfficeHolder Hjalmar Schacht
Walther Funk
other Nazi economic officials
participatedIn Nazi war economy
economic exploitation during World War II
partOf Government of Nazi Germany
replacedBy postwar German economic ministries
replaces Weimar-era economic administration structures
responsibleFor coordination of industrial production
economic policy of Nazi Germany
industrial policy
price controls
rationing policy
trade policy
wartime economic planning
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
Reich Chancellery
Reich government
timePeriod Nazi era
Third Reich
usedFor coordination of forced labor in the economy
exploitation of occupied territories
mobilization of the war economy


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