Walther Funk

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Walther Funk
Funk in 1943
Reichsminister of Economics
In office 5 February 1938 – 2 May 1945
President	Adolf Hitler (Führer) Karl Dönitz
Chancellor	Adolf Hitler Joseph Goebbels
Preceded by	Hermann Göring
Succeeded by	Office abolished
President of the Reichsbank
In office 19 January 1939 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Hjalmar Schacht
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Reich Press Chief and State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
In office 13 March 1933 – 26 November 1937
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Otto Dietrich
Personal details
Born	(1890-08-18)18 August 1890 Danzkehmen, East Prussia, German Empire
Died	31 May 1960(1960-05-31) (aged 69) Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party	Nazi Party
Spouse	Luise Schmidt-Sieben
Profession	Economist
Criminal conviction
Criminal status	Deceased
Convictions	Crimes of aggression War crimes Crimes against humanity
Trial	Nuremberg trials
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment

Walther Immanuel Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960) was a German economist and Nazi official who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsbank from 1939 to 1945. Funk oversaw the mobilization of the economy for Germany's rearmament and World War II, and the expropriation of assets of victims from Nazi concentration camps.^[1]

Funk was a finance journalist before joining the Nazi Party in 1931 and being appointed to a senior post at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Funk was appointed as economics minister by Adolf Hitler to replace Hjalmar Schacht, as well as a member of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich and the Central Planning Board. Funk served as economics minister for nearly all of World War II until he was de facto removed on 2 May 1945 after being left out of the Flensburg Government.

Funk was tried and convicted as a major war criminal by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg after the war and sentenced to life in prison. Funk was incarcerated in West Berlin until he was released on health grounds in 1957 and died three years later.