Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan

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The Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan was a high-ranking Nazi office, held by Hermann Göring, that directed Germany’s economic mobilization and rearmament in preparation for war.

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Reich Plenipotentiary for the War Economy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi government office
economic planning authority
alsoKnownAs Office of the Four Year Plan
surface form: Beauftragter für den Vierjahresplan
appointedBy Adolf Hitler
authorityOver German ministries related to economic policy
Office of the Four Year Plan
Reich Ministry of Economics
surface form: Reich Ministry of Economics (in practice)

Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
surface form: Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture (in practice)

Reich Labour Ministry
surface form: Reich Ministry of Labor (in practice)
controlled allocation of strategic raw materials
price and wage regulations (in practice)
priority setting for armaments production
country Nazi Germany
createdBy Adolf Hitler
dissolvedFollowing defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
endTime 1945
hasRole economic mobilization for war
foreign exchange control
industrial policy direction
labor deployment planning
raw materials management
rearmament planning
resource allocation control
headOfOffice Hermann Göring
historicalPeriod Interwar period
World War II
influenced German foreign policy through economic needs
jurisdiction German economy
language German
legalBasis Four Year Plan decree of 1936
location Berlin
notableMember Hermann Göring
oversawProgram expansion of armaments industry
exploitation of occupied territories’ resources
synthetic fuel production
synthetic rubber production
partOf Nazi economic system
Third Reich economic bureaucracy
surface form: Nazi war economy
politicalAlignment Nazism
surface form: National Socialism
purpose accelerate rearmament
achieve autarky in key raw materials
prepare German economy for war within four years
relatedTo Four Year Plan decree of 1936
surface form: Four Year Plan
startTime 1936
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
supervised German heavy industry
armaments manufacturers
mining sector

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Third Reich economic bureaucracy includesAgency Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
Third Reich economic bureaucracy includesAgency Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan
this entity surface form: Reich Plenipotentiary for the War Economy