Hermann Abs
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 Hermann Abs       (central banker) | |
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| Born | Hermann Josef Abs October 15, 1901 |
| Died | February 5, 1994 (Age 92) |
| Nationality | German |
Hermann Josef Abs was a German central banker.
Career
Abs was a member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bank from 1938 to 1945. as well as of 44 other companies[1], including IG Farben. As the most powerful commercial banker of the Third Reich, he was, in the words of Adam LeBor, "the lynchpin of the continent wide plunder".[2] The Allies arrested him as a suspected war criminal on January 16, 1946, however British intervention got him freed after three months despite a detailed report that would be published later.[3]. After World War II (1957–1967) he was chairman of Deutsche Bank.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1958 | 13 September 1958 | 15 September 1958 | Buxton UK England | The 7th Bilderberg and the first one in the UK. 72 guests |
| Bilderberg/1961 | 21 April 1961 | 23 April 1961 | Canada Quebec St-Castin | The 10th Bilderberg, the first in Canada and the 2nd outside Europe. |
| Bilderberg/1966 | 25 March 1966 | 27 March 1966 | Germany Wiesbaden Hotel Nassauer Hof | Top of the agenda of the 15th Bilderberg in Wiesbaden, Germany, was the restructuring of NATO. Since this discussion was held, all permanent holders of the position of NATO Secretary General have attended at least one Bilderberg conference prior to their appointment. |
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References
- ↑ Wistrich, Robert (April 27, 2016). Who's Who In Nazi Germany (third ed.). Routledge. pp. 1–2. ISBN 1138171557.
|access-date=requires|url=(help)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto"). - ↑ LeBor, Adam (May 28, 2013). Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World. PublicAffairs. ISBN 161039254X.
|access-date=requires|url=(help)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto"). - ↑ Wistrich, Robert (April 27, 2016). Who's Who In Nazi Germany (third ed.). Routledge. pp. 1–2. ISBN 1138171557.
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