Office of the Four Year Plan
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The Office of the Four Year Plan was a central Nazi economic and administrative body, led by Hermann Göring, tasked with preparing Germany’s economy and industry for war and autarky.
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Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi government office
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economic planning authority → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
German Reich
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| appointedBy |
Adolf Hitler
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| conflictWith |
Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
→
Reich Ministry of Economics → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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| createdBy |
Four Year Plan decree of 1936
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| dissolved |
1945
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| grantedPower |
control over foreign exchange
→
control over labor deployment → control over prices and wages → control over raw materials allocation → issue binding decrees → override existing ministries → |
| hasPart |
Four Year Plan apparatus
→
Office for Agricultural Affairs → Office for Foreign Exchange and Price Control → Office for German Raw and Synthetic Materials → Office for Industrial Production → Office for Labor Allocation → armaments coordination units → economic planning departments → foreign exchange control offices → labor allocation offices → price control offices → raw materials departments → |
| headOfGovernment |
Hermann Göring
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| historicalPeriod |
World War II
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pre‑World War II Germany → |
| inception |
1936
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| influencedBy |
Nazi ideology of autarky
→
Nazi rearmament policy → |
| leader |
Hermann Göring
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| legalBasis |
Four Year Plan decree of 1936
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| location |
Berlin
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| notableMember |
Erich Neumann
→
Hans Kehrl → Hermann Göring → Paul Körner → Wilhelm Keppler → |
| objective |
economic autarky
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increase of armaments production → mobilization of resources for total war → preparation of the German economy for war → rearmament → reduction of unemployment through militarized economy → |
| oversaw |
expansion of the steel industry
→
exploitation of occupied territories → forced labor deployment in industry → synthetic fuel production → synthetic rubber production → |
| partOf |
Nazi economic administration
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Nazi regime → |
| policyArea |
agricultural policy
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armaments coordination → economic planning → foreign exchange control → industrial policy → labor policy → price control → raw materials policy → |
| replacedBy |
in practice, growing authority of the Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
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| significance |
central instrument of Nazi economic mobilization for war
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key tool for establishing a command economy in Nazi Germany → |
| subordinateTo |
Adolf Hitler
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Referenced by (14)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Erich Neumann
→
Paul Körner ("Four Year Plan Office") → |
employer |
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Hermann Göring
("Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan")
→
Paul Körner ("State Secretary in the Four Year Plan Office") → |
positionHeld |
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Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
("Beauftragter für den Vierjahresplan")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Wannsee Conference
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attendeeOrganization |
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Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
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authorityOver |
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Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
("Four Year Plan Office")
→
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collaboratedWith |
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Reich Ministry of Economics
("Four Year Plan Office")
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cooperatedWith |
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Office of the Four Year Plan
("Office for Industrial Production")
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hasPart |
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Third Reich economic bureaucracy
("Four Year Plan Office")
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includesAgency |
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Office for Agricultural Affairs
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parentOrganization |
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Office for Agricultural Affairs
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partOf |
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Office for Agricultural Affairs
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subordinateTo |