Hans Hahl

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Hans Hahl as a witness at the Nuremberg trials.

Hans Hahl (born November 11, 1906 in Traustadt ; † February 10, 1984 ) was a German economic functionary.

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After attending secondary schools in Starnberg and Munich , where he graduated from high school in 1925, Hahl studied economics at the TH Munich . He then worked from 1930 to 1938 at the Röchling iron and steel works in Völklingen ( Völklinger Hütte ). In 1938 he switched to the service of the Flick Group, for which he was to work for almost forty years.

In 1938, Hahl became an authorized signatory at Flick's headquarters in Berlin . On March 1, 1941, he became a tenant of Rodinger Hochofenstahl AG. In the further course of the war he was also entrusted with the performance of special tasks as district representative for West / Southwest in the main iron production ring.

After the end of World War II, Hahl was taken prisoner by the Allies. In the following years he participated as a witness in the Nuremberg trials .

In the post-war period, Hahl initially acted as managing director of Süd-Ferrum Eisenhandelsgesellschaft KG in Munich, Stuttgart and Nuremberg. At the beginning of 1961, Hahl joined the Maxhütte ("Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft Maximilianshütte") belonging to the Flick Group as a commercial director and member of the board. From October 1966 until his retirement in 1972 he also held the post of board spokesman. In addition, Hahl was temporarily chairman of the supervisory board of Schrottag Bayerische Schrott AG in Nuremberg and vice-president of the Regensburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce as well as a board member of the steel pipe association and advisory board member of the rolled steel association.

Awards

literature

  • Kim Christian Priemel: Flick. A corporate history from the German Empire to the Federal Republic , 2007.
  • Who is who ?: The German Who's Who , Vol. 16. 1970, p. 424.

Individual evidence

  1. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)