Hjalmar Schacht
Hjalmar Schacht
Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schachtwas a German economist, banker, liberal politician, and co-founder in 1918 of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic. He was a fierce critic of his country's post-World War I reparation obligations...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth22 January 1877
CountryGermany
Hjalmar Schacht quotes about
finance sensitive economy
The economy is a very sensitive organism.
germany negotiation colony
Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.
germany influence realizing
The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time
counter-attack russia arms
Allied supplies of arms to Russia, and the manpower reserves of Russia have been sufficient to bring continuous counter-attacks against our Eastern Front
criticisms neither nor pleasantly published rumours
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.