Hjalmar+Schacht

Best known as the Nazi president of the Reichsbank from 1933-1937. He was a nazi supporter from the early 30's and used his influence to help Hitler gain power. Once Hitler did his thing, Schacht was in control of the economy to a large degree, and exercised his power by introducing the 'New Plan' to help Germany out of its economic hole. It gave the gov't a lot more power to regulate and control currency and the economy. He also introduced 'Mefo bills', which were issued by the gov't and and could be held by investors / banks for up to give years, and earned them 4% interest per year. In 1937 he became the Minister of Economics.