Walther Funk
German economist and politician
Died when: 69 years 287 days (837 months)Star Sign: Leo
Walther Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reich Minister for Economic Affairs (1938–1945) and president of Reichsbank (1939–1945).
During his incumbency, he oversaw the mobilization of German economy for rearmament and arrangement of forced labor in concentration camps.
After the war he was tried and convicted as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
Sentenced to life in prison, he remained incarcerated until he was released on health grounds in 1957.He died three years later.
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