Hermann Abs person
also: Herman Abs, Herman Abbs, ABS, Abbe, Abt, Hermann Abbe
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Hermann Abs recruited
Eric Warburg book_quoted
“point is Deutsche Bank director Hermann Abs, who became probably the single most influential German economic leader after 1945. He had been remembered warmly in recent years by many senior German Jewish bankers, like Eric Warburg of the pow…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 33:15
Hermann Abs recruited
William Petschek book_quoted
“He had termed Abs my close friend and praised his extraordinary knowledge of banking and business. William Petschek, whose family's extensive coal and steel holdings were aryanized by the Nazis on the eve of the war, publicly expressed his …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 33:42
Hermann Abs recruited
Rudolph Loeb book_quoted
“They agreed to do everything to help protect our capital for the future. More or less similar testimony on Ab's behalf had been offered by Rudolph Loeb, whose banking house Mendelssohn and Company was liquidated with Ab's assistance in 1938…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 34:09
Hermann Abs headed
Deutsche Bank book_quoted
“The persecution measures used in this new Reich proved to be faster and more sophisticated than they thought possible. Hitler's Ministry of Economics tipped off the Deutsche Bank to Germans' plan to march into Austria in 1938, well before t…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 37:19
Hermann Abs appointed
Creditanstalt book_quoted
“then appointed him onto the board the following morning. The bank's directors did not reveal their knowledge of the coming Nazi invasion to the rest of the Austrian public. So it makes you think, especially during, when you look at the reve…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 39:12
Hermann Abs appointed
Creditanstalt book_quoted
“at a fraction of their value was supported. Credenstahl bought up Jewish assets for the bank's own portfolio as well. Herman Abbs was at the time vice chairman of Credenstahl's board with direct responsibility for the approval of all large …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blonde Beast Part 5 @ 46:27
Hermann Abs member_of
Working Group for Foreign Economic Questions documented
“the industrialists, and banks. They brought together Blessing, Kraut, Kurt von Schroeder, another banker, Lindemann, and others in this small circle of friends, and as well as Herman Abs, ABS from Deutsche Bank, who we've talked about befor…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 10_11 @ 18:31
Lucius Clay appointed
Hermann Abs book_quoted
“But not to worry, Clay continued, quote, we were able to finally put him in charge of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which was somewhat outside of government, unquote, and which was instrumental in handing out the funds of the Mars…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 14 Final @ 33:43
Hermann Abs headed
Reconstruction Finance Corporation book_quoted
“But not to worry, Clay continued, quote, we were able to finally put him in charge of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which was somewhat outside of government, unquote, and which was instrumental in handing out the funds of the Mars…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 14 Final @ 33:43
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the industrialists, and banks. They brought together Blessing, Kraut, Kurt von Schroeder, another banker, Lindemann, and others in this small circle of friends, and as well as Herman Abs, ABS from Deutsche Bank, who we've talked about befor…
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Its goal was never described as a revitalization of German business elite, but rather as saving Europe and providing American jobs through implementation of the Marshall Plan. But whatever you think of the plan, the restoration of much of t…
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Quote, we were never able to make Herman Abs the financial minister of Germany as we would have. Unquote. Clay remembered the same interview from earlier because of the German and American public's refusal to accept a man who had been deepl…
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Herman Abbs and Slatt that was put on trial. But at the end of the day, nothing happened. Also, they were referred to also as the subsequent proceedings. It was organized under General Telford Taylor.…
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point is Deutsche Bank director Hermann Abs, who became probably the single most influential German economic leader after 1945. He had been remembered warmly in recent years by many senior German Jewish bankers, like Eric Warburg of the pow…
▶ 33:42
He had termed Abs my close friend and praised his extraordinary knowledge of banking and business. William Petschek, whose family's extensive coal and steel holdings were aryanized by the Nazis on the eve of the war, publicly expressed his …
▶ 34:09
They agreed to do everything to help protect our capital for the future. More or less similar testimony on Ab's behalf had been offered by Rudolph Loeb, whose banking house Mendelssohn and Company was liquidated with Ab's assistance in 1938…
▶ 34:39
giving excuses and support to the very people that did it. Makes you scratch your head. Abs and a number of, let's see if I can get this back up. Abs and a number of other members of the international banking and legal networks described in…
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Abs and a number of other members of the international banking and legal networks described in earlier chapters were quite open to assisting wealthy Jewish people flee Germany with as much of their family fortunes as possible. Providing wel…
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gets my live stream back up here. These rescues could also be a lucrative business, even when carried out without taking predatory advantage of the situation that the Nazis had created. Abs reemerged in some circles after the war as a decen…
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Higman stepped forward with a blistering expose of Abbe's institutional role during the Third Reich. For those more critical observers, Hermann Abbe was not only the director at Germany's most powerful war industries, he was also the financ…
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The persecution measures used in this new Reich proved to be faster and more sophisticated than they thought possible. Hitler's Ministry of Economics tipped off the Deutsche Bank to Germans' plan to march into Austria in 1938, well before t…
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Jewish-owned businesses and real estate for acquisition. At the top of his list was the Rothschild-owned bank, Kredenstahl Bank AG, which the Deutsche Bank had been attempting to take over for over 10 years. Deutsche Bank had a small intere…
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to take control of the Rothschild Bank. The Deutsche Bank's chief rival in this effort was the German state-owned BIAG, which owned a major Berlin bank, which was called RKG. About a week before Germans marched into Austria, Abs met with th…
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to offer a deal that the Deutsche Bank team had hammered out over the previous three months. Cooperate with Deutsche Bank and become a leading agency for further German corporate penetration into the Southeast Europe, or face the hostile ta…
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then appointed him onto the board the following morning. The bank's directors did not reveal their knowledge of the coming Nazi invasion to the rest of the Austrian public. So it makes you think, especially during, when you look at the reve…
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Much of the banking industrial elite favored a more traditional imperial approach to acquiring new empires in Europe, where basically they would go in and quote-unquote privatize everything under German leadership and just give the cut to t…
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Kredenstahl and other Vienna banks soon became a focal point for this struggle. SS officer Hans Kroll, K-E-H-R-L, confronted Abt shortly after taking over Austria and told him that the Reich could not consent to the acquisition by Deutsche …
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Herman Abbs replied in kind. He argued in policy meetings that Deutsche Bank could be a better position to exploit Kredenstahl for the Reich. His argument was, using his strategy, Abbs contended that Kredenstahl was in a position to reinfor…
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His bank alone, he concluded, should be given authority to select staff and set policy in the Austrian institution. Abs won undisputed control of their attacking Bridget. Let me put Stellar up here. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank carried out the …
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So abruptly and thoroughly that it was recognized during and after the war as a model of Nazification. A post-war investigation indicated within days after the takeover, the bank purged its Jewish employees, bought new German directors in f…
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Abs helped Aryanize scores of properties in Austria, depriving hundreds of Jewish families their livelihood and setting their stage for their deportation to concentration camps. Credenstahl eventually became the single most active bank in t…
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at a fraction of their value was supported. Credenstahl bought up Jewish assets for the bank's own portfolio as well. Herman Abbs was at the time vice chairman of Credenstahl's board with direct responsibility for the approval of all large …