Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht, based on 7 World History Database records associated with Germany.

7 records1923–19457 events2 places

Chronological biography

1923

President of Reichsbank1923

Government / Weimar Republic · President of Reichsbank

Appointed President of the Reichsbank, 1st term

Reichswaehrungskommissar12 November 1923

Government / Weimar Republic · President of Germany · Berlin

Dr Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht is named Reichswaehrungskommissar

1933

President of Germany17 March 1933

Government / NSDAP Government · President of Germany

Appointed President of the Reichsbank, 2nd term

1934

Minister of Economics1934

Government / NSDAP Government · Minister of Economics

Appointed Minister of Economics

1937

Resignation of Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht8 December 1937

Government / NSDAP Government · Minister of Economics · Berlin

Hitler accepts Schachts resignation after he disagrees with Goerings policies

1939

DismissalJanuary 1939

Government / NSDAP Government · President of Germany

Schacht is dismissed as President of the Reichsbank

1945

Arrest of Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht7 May 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Obbacio

Rescued from a POW camp at Prager Wildsee by the British 5th Army

Titles and roles

Minister of Economics · President of Germany · President of Reichsbank

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.