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Funk, Walther Immanuel

Date of birth:
August 18th, 1890 (Trakehnen/Eastern Prussia, German Empire)
Date of death:
May 31st, 1960 (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

March 13, 1933 - November 26, 1937: Chief of the Reich Press and State Secretary at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
February 5, 1938 - May 2, 1945: Reich Minister of Economic Affairs
January 19, 1939 - May 8, 1945: President of the Reichsbank

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichswirtschaftsminister
Awarded on:
September 21st, 1940
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichswirtschaftsminister
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1942
For his services in finance and economic policy.
Ehrenzeichen Pionier der Arbeit
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichswirtschaftsminister
Awarded on:
1944
Ehrenring der Stadt Wien
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP

Sources

  • Photo 1: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Public Domain)
  • - Wohlfromm, H-J & Wohlfromm,G: "Und morgen gibt es Hitlerwetter!" Anaconda. 2017.
    - Heinrich Doehle: Die Auszeichnungen des Grossdeutschen Reichs. Orden, Ehrenzeichen, Abzeichen. 5. Auflage. Erdmenger, Berlin 1945