Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression Certain German industrialists and financiers aided and
abetted Himmler in his relentless program of Germanization,
exploitation, oppression, and destruction. A letter from the
banker, Baron Kurt von Schroeder to Himmler, dated 27 August
1943, stated:
"My very honorable Reichsfuehrer:
"With great joy I learn of your appointment as
Reichsminister of the Interior and take the liberty to
extend my heartiest congratulations to you on assuming
your new post.
"A strong hand is now very necessary in the operation
of this Department and it is universally welcomed but
especially by your friends that it was you who were
chosen for this by the Fuehrer. Please be assured that
we will always do everything in, our power at all times
to assist you in every possible way.
"I am pleased to inform you at this opportunity that
your circle of friends has again placed at your
disposal this year a sum slightly in excess of RM 1
million for 'special purposes.' An exact list showing
the name of the contributors will be sent to you
shortly.
"Again all my very best wishes -- as well as those of
my family -- I remain yours, in old loyalty and esteem.
"Heil Hitler! Yours truly." (EC-454)
[Page 1052]
A later letter from von Schroeder to Himmler, dated 21
September 1943, enclosed
the list of contributors. The letter stated:
"Dear Reichsleader:
"I thank you very much for your kind letter of the 14th
of this month with which you made me very happy. At the
same time, I am enclosing a list with the total amount
of funds made available to you by your circle of
friends and totalling RM 1,000,000. We are very glad
indeed to render some assistance to you in your special
tasks and to be able to provide some small relief for
you in your still further extended sphere of duties.
"Wishing you, dear Reichsleader, the best of luck, I
remain in old loyalty and esteem.
"Heil Hitler! Yours very truly." (EC-453)
The Himmler "circle of friends," it may be noted, was a
relatively small, select group. It did not include all, or
even a majority of the industrialists and financiers in
Germany. These contributions were not like the "Hitler
Spende" or the Winter Relief contributions which were
exacted from all industrialists by the Nazi state. These
were contributions by a small group of very influential
industrialists and financiers who, for selfish reasons, were
anxious to "do everything in our power at all times to
assist you "(Himmler)" in every possible way." By a rather
strange coincidence, firms like I. G. Farben, the Flick
Combine, and the Herman Goering Werke, which are on the list
of contributors to Himmler, were among the chief
beneficiaries of the conspirators' program of plunder of
public and private property in the occupied countries. (EC-453)
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