Hjalmar Schacht, a prominent German economist and banker, navigated the tumultuous economic landscape of the early 20th century with pragmatism and expertise. As President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics, he implemented innovative policies to address Germany's economic challenges, leaving a lasting impact on financial governance.
"The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary!"
"The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer."
"Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany."
"Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience."
"Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today."
"Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad."
"After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed. His appearance was neither pretentious nor affected."
"The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting."
"It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the above statistics."