Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Fakes from (August Petrik)

Exactly 60 years ago at the Kursk arc ran one of the greatest battles in history, which largely determine what further course of the Second World War brought the collapse «Millennial Reich». «All I do is directed against Russia», - these words of Hitler, said in the late 30's, became the credo of his aggressive policies. One of the Fuhrer planned to inflict blows on the financial system of the then Soviet Union. For this purpose was designed and implemented large-scale sabotage.

«Last Supper» Bankers Reich
This story began long before the tank battle at Kursk villages Prokhorovka. Blitzkrieg plan, code-named «Barbarossa» is already on the table command of the German assault armies. The command of Hitler's propagandists, led by Gebbels still assuring the world in Berlin, the strict implementation of all items entered into a peace treaty with Moscow. To the east of Germany were still trains with our grain, metals, gasoline. Prior to the start of WWII to be a little more than a month ...

May 18, 1941 president of Imperial Bank, Walter Funk, on behalf of senior management Reich invited to imagine a private, secret meeting of some proxies (and well tested) individuals: reyhslyaytera Rosenberg, a major financial figure Meyer, a responsible representative of the General Staff of Wehrmacht Shikkedantsa, oberburgomistra Berlin Winkler, Director Reyhsbanka Wilhelm Banker Mine.

Discussion only, but very important question - the feasibility of temporarily suspend the manufacture of fake British pounds and begin preparations for the printing of Russian rubles. The meeting was large docks in falshivomonetnom case. Yalmar Schacht, for example, noted in the criminal arena as far back as the First World War - when organized counterfeiting BF and had to purchase large items in the occupied lands of the Germans. It is understandable that people with such experience can not remain without a post in the leadership of Germany after Hitler came to power. As Minister of Economics and President of Imperial Bank is J. Schacht through strong inflationary policies has translated the German economy at war footing.

Adopted May 18, 1941 at the «Last Supper» Bankers plan was called «Andreas». On norms of international law around the wide table Guerra Funk thought when the least. Preparing to develop financial sabotage was carried out in strict secrecy, the whole operation from the start took place under the neck «covert action Reich». And because of its «roof», referring to the current criminal jargon, were senior leaders of SS and SD, Funke fellow could not fear persecution by the pedantic German police.

New RR from Germany
At a meeting with Funk, in particular, reported the following: «It is necessary to ensure that have sufficient resources in rubles. Rubles should be printed in Germany, as well as the use of manufactured cliche that may be useful both in the army, and for a variety of procurement ... It is necessary to take into account inflation, which may arise due to the release of the new ruble money ... It must be considered and that the Russian in their retreat, will takes away from the maximum amount of this money, and that may be a situation where there will be no cliches in the manufacture of rubles ».

Business oberburgomistr Winkler immediately offered to start production immediately rubles and for the Wehrmacht volume using rotary machines (just not cool despite everything from the printing of fake British pounds sterling). Winkler added that he had already studied this issue and knows that this task can handle and some private house. And the fact that the paper would not be consistent with the original Russian, the people, they say, will have to explain what is to blame for the Soviet authorities - they are, you see, all the money taken away, so they had to quickly produce in Germany. A cautious banker director Reyhsbanka Wilhelm asked that the Bank shall in no case appeared in this action, because you can not allow anyone in the world could have reproached him in the manufacture of falshivok. There should be a special organization, a bank it will help ...

Several Getting ahead, say: the cynical rhetoric were largely redundant. The point is that in the temporarily occupied by German troops in Soviet territory largely dominated by subsistence farming, and banknotes that fascists have tried to «place» in the occupied lands, have been largely unused. Vbrosit large mass of counterfeit rubles to free Soviet territory as the Germans were unable to - worked our security agencies. While the monetary reform of 1947, among other things, had a goal and get rid of fakes. Stalin was confident that the true, hard ruble quickly lead the country to abundance.

OMC searched in concentration
Map «Andreas» was approved and sent to the printing execution. Production site was chosen typography «August Petrik», in one of the outlying streets of Berlin. The production staff in the vast majority were recruited from concentration camps: the special brigade esesovtsev selected people were trained that way or the other could be used in a secret case. Among the prisoners from Czechoslovakia, France, Norway, Austria and other countries were recruited artists, engravers, printing workers, bank employees and even hairdressers. The latter should have put the last polish - iron, dry, «coif» neonates notes. Scam requiring careful technical performance, it printed the money, intended to sabotage the initiators, must have been to undermine the economic power of the chief enemy of Germany.

The Battle of Moscow in December 1941, dispelled the myth of the invincibility of fascist Wehrmacht, the battle of Stalingrad was the first attack, after which the Germans realized that their offensive momentum plays out. The second blow, Kursk arc, finally dispelled hopes of the German leadership at any success. Withdrawal of Soviet troops to the border of USSR led Hitler and his entourage are now thinking about survival, about the preparation of a long underground, from which, in their designs, could once again resurface National Socialism. To do this will require money, «hard» money - the pound sterling and U.S. dollars. Proceed for the construction of new parties falshivok spetskomande of Sachsenhausen (concentration camp in the majority of professionals were recruited for the printing of money) was charged in late 1944. But the war was already over.



Felix Tolmachev

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