Karl Schwarzkopf

Life and work

Schwarzkopf studied law and political science, passed both state examinations and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD . He then entered the Prussian administrative service as a court assessor . He worked in the Reich Justice Office from 1910 , moved to the Reich Office of the Interior in 1912 and became a government assessor in 1915. In 1917 he was appointed to the government council . In the same year he took over the representation of Reich Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg in the main headquarters .

Schwarzkopf was appointed to the Reich Ministry of the Interior as a secret government councilor in 1918 and was active as a lecturer at the Reich Ministry of Economics from 1919 . From 1921 to 1924 he was General Secretary of the Provisional Reich Economic Council . From 1924 to 1939 and from 1946 to 1950 he acted as general director of the Landeskreditkasse in Kassel , from 1934 to 1935 and from 1947 to 1951 as chairman of the Association of German Savings Banks and Giro Centers . He was also President of the Kassel Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1950 to 1952 .

Schwarzkopf was State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Economics in 1932/33 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schwarzkopf, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwarzkopf, Karl Emil Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, administrative officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bockenheim
DATE OF DEATH	October 31, 1954
Place of death	Garmisch-Partenkirchen