The Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, or Circle of Friends of the Economy (which became known as "Freundeskreis Reichführer SS" or "Freundeskreis Himmler") was a group of German industrialists whose aim was to raise funds for racial research within the Third Reich. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The group was formed and co-ordinated by Wilhelm Keppler, one of Adolf Hitler's close economic advisors. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately
The Freundeskreis Reichsführer SS was also controlled by Heinrich Himmler, a friend of Keppler, who was a member of the NSDAP since 1927. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The group was formed by Keppler when in 1932 Hitler asked for a “study group on economic questions”. Also important in the group was Fritz Kranefuß (1900-1945), a former coworker of Keppler's. A similar group was known as the F-circle and implemented design initiatives. The members of the circle/group donated annually approximately 1 million Marks from 1935 to 1944 to the Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Kurt Baron von Schröder was manager of the financial accounts. William Keppler was cross-examined later in the Nuremberg Trials. The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political military and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after
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In Jonathan Littell's novel Les Bienveillantes the mysterious industrialist Dr. Jonathan Littell (born 10 October 1967 in New York) is a Bi-lingual (English / French writer living in Barcelona. Les Bienveillantes (in English: "The Kindly Ones") is a novel in the form of Historical fiction, written in French by Mandelbrod is a member of the Freundeskreis Himmler.
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1. List according to statement by William Keppler, Nuremberg Military tribunal, volume VI, PAGE 287
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