Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (born 1877)

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist (1877–1970)

Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht ; 22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970) was a German economist, banker, politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank during the Weimar Republic. He was a fierce critic of…