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Fritz Todt
Sign in to saveGerman engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891-1942)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Betriebskontrolle und Messwesen in der Rübenzuckerindustrie
- Elektrochemische Sauerstoffmessungen
- Korrosion und Korrosionsschutz
- Messung und verhütung der metallkorrosion
- Metallkorrosion
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- The psychology of interpersonal relations.
· 1958 · cited 9,714x
- Circulating microRNAs as stable blood-based markers for cancer detection
· 2008 · cited 6,766x
- A comprehensive review on PEM water electrolysis
· 2013 · cited 5,103x
- Mediation Analysis
· 2007 · cited 5,095x
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Quotes
- “The purpose of the Reichsautobahnen is to become the roads of Adolf Hitler.”
- “The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway. Rather, the car resembles a dragon fly or any other jumping animal that moves shorter distances in straight lines and then changes its direction at different points.”
- “I could not imagine that we should make much of an effort to preserve remainders of natural beauty in conquered Poland.”
- “The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time. Factories are the workplaces of our National Socialist racial comrades. Streets and highways carry the name of the Führer. Settlements today are not isolated communities, but rather parts of greater city-construction plans. Every work site must be properly located within its neighborhood and surrounding setting (i.e., the natural world).”
- “We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.”
- “For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. As National Socialists we are dedicated to working with boldness, but also with love of the Volk and our landscape in mind. These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland. In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement.”
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Key facts
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler ( Führer )
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Albert Speer
- Born
- ( 1891-09-04 ) 4 September 1891, Pforzheim , Grand Duchy of Baden , German Empire , (in modern Baden-Württemberg , Germany)
- Died
- 8 February 1942 (1942-02-08) (aged 50), near Wilhelmsdorf , East Prussia , Nazi Germany , (modern Wilamowo , Poland )
- Resting place
- Invalids' Cemetery , Berlin
- Party
- Nazi Party
- Parent s
- Emil Todt (father), Elise Unterecker (mother)
- Education
- Technical University of Munich , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Profession
- Civil engineer
- Known for
- Chief of Organization Todt
- Cabinet
- Hitler Cabinet
- Civilian awards
- German Order
- Allegiance
- German Empire , Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- Luftstreitkräfte , Luftwaffe
- Years of service
- 1914–1918, 1939–1942
- Rank
- Leutnant of the reserves, Generalmajor der Luftwaffe (Honorary) , SA – Obergruppenführer
- Battles wars
- World War I , World War II
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Encyclopedic overview
Fritz Todt ([fʁɪt͡s tɔt]; 4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party. In 1938, he founded Organization Todt (OT), a military-engineering organization that supplied German industry with forced labor, and he served as Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition in Nazi Germany early in World War II, directing the entire German wartime military economy from that position.
An engineer by training, Todt served in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and was a recipient of the Iron Cross. He joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1931. Steadily rising through the ranks, Todt became Inspector General for German Roadways after Adolf Hitler came to power. In that capacity, he was responsible for the construction of the German autobahns. Todt also directed large-scale engineering projects such as the construction of the Westwall (Siegfried Line) and the Atlantic Wall. In 1940, he was appointed Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production. During the war, OT made extensive use of upwards of 800,000 slave laborers from German-occupied territories. Todt's agency can be linked to the Holocaust as SS personnel collaborating with OT murdered many of the forced laborers (especially Jews) on the pretext of eliminating security risks or as a component of the Nazi genocidal programme.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fritz Todt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.