Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970) was 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.He became a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and served in Hitler's government as President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics. As such, Schacht played a key role in implementing the policies attributed to Hitler.Since he opposed the policy of German re-armament spearheaded by Hitler and other prominent Nazis, Schacht was first sidelined and then forced out of the Third Reich government beginning in December 1937, therefore he had no role during World War II. He became a fringe member of the German Resistance to Hitler and was imprisoned by the Nazis after the plot of 20 July 1944. After the war, he was tried at Nuremberg and acquitted.In 1953, he founded a private banking house in Düsseldorf. He also advised developing countries on economic development.
Tinglev, then Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, now Denmark
Height
6' 3" (1.91 m)
Spouse
Manci †
Children
Cordula Schacht
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
1
His parents originally decided to name him Horace Greeley Schacht, but a family grandmother insisted on a Danish first name. The two sides compromised, resulting in the full name Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht.
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Son, Jens Schacht, born in 1910
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Completed his Ph.D. studies in Philosophy in 1899
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Had an IQ of 143
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Spoke English fluently
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Met with then-President Theodore Roosevelt as well as famous U.S. banker J.P. Morgan during a 1905 visit to America with board members of Dresdner Bank, which Schacht worked for at the time.
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Daughter, Inge Schacht, born in November 1903
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Nürnberg und seine Lehre
1948
Documentary
Himself
Nuremberg Trials
1947
Documentary
Himself
Triumph of the Will
1935
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Die Chronik des Nürnberger Prozesses
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Accused
Der Nürnberger Prozess
1996
Documentary
Himself
Nuremberg: Tyranny on Trial
1995
TV Special documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Last Days of World War II
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself (unconfirmed, uncredited)
Tak zhit nelzya
1990
Documentary
Himself - Nuremberg Trial (uncredited)
The Struggle for Democracy
1989
TV Series
Himself (uncredited)
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
1973
Documentary
Himself, Reichsbankpräsident
The Clouded Dawn
1962
Documentary
Himself - Nuremberg Trial: Row 1, Seat 11
Verboten!
1959
Himself (uncredited)
The Twentieth Century
1958
TV Series documentary
Himself
Bis fünf nach zwölf - Adolf Hitler und das 3. Reich