by Nomad
When we look back at this date- February 20- we see it was a critical day in modern history. Eighty-two years ago today, Hitler made his pitch for campaign financing to the leaders of banking and industry. It turned out to be a smashing success.
On this day in 1933, the Nazi party arranged a secret meeting between Adolf Hitler and 20 to 25 industrialists at the official residence of Hermann Wilhelm Göring, the minister of the interior in Hitler's government,
The aim of this secret meeting was to allocate campaign financing for the Nazi party in the crucial upcoming elections.
A German economist, banker, liberal politician Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht acted as a liaison/host for the event. As a fierce critic of his country's post-World War I reparation obligations, Schacht became a supporter of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. He served in Hitler's government as President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics.
Until his fall from grace in 1937, Schacht proved to be a useful tool for the regime and its rise to absolute power.
