“This war can no longer be won by military means”
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Fritz Todt
Fritz Todt 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.
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politics · German engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891–1942) · engineer · politician · civil engineer · architect · military personnel · functionary · Holocaust perpetrator · also Fritz Todt, Todt
Born 4 September 1891 · Died 8 February 1942 · Q57149
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2026· 2 entries
Mshale: Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, And Scuderia Ferrari In "Astérix Aux Jeux Olympiques" Paris Jackson (kRyNNIPPMI)
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1942· 7 entries
Awarded German Order (1942).
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Died 1942-02-08.
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Todt presented Hitler on four separate occasions with statistical and factual arguments for ending the war
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“The purpose of the Reichsautobahnen is to become the roads of Adolf Hitler.”
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“We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.”
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“I could not imagine that we should make much of an effort to preserve remainders of natural beauty in conquered Poland.”
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“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.”
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1941· 2 entries
Won Karmarsch Medal (1941).
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Awarded Order of the Dannebrog (1941).
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1940· 2 entries
Awarded Nazi Party Long Service Award (1940).
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Was appointed Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production
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1939· 3 entries
Awarded Danzig Cross (1939).
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Awarded Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy (1939).
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Awarded Danzig Cross 1st Class (1939).
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1938· 2 entries
Awarded Order of St. Sava (1938).
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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,
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded Werner von Siemens Ring (1937).
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1934· 1 entry
Won Golden Party Badge (1934).
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1932· 1 entry
Todt completed his thesis at Technical Hochschule of Munich Fehlerquellen beim Bau von Landstraßendecken aus Teer und Asphalt ("Sources of defects in the construction of tarmac and asphalt road surfaces") and became a Do
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1931· 1 entry
Joined the Sturmabteilung (SA), which was then commanded by Ernst Röhm
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1921· 2 entries
Worked on waterpower stations for the Grün & Bilfinger AG, Mannheim company and the same year for the civil engineering company Sager & Woerner where he worked until 1933
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Todt married Elsbeth Müller, who bore him four children, three daughters and a son; the latter died in 1944
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1910· 1 entry
Volunteered for one-year military service
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1891· 1 entry
Born 1891-09-04.
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