Wilhelm Schaaf

Wilhelm Schaaf (born March 19, 1897 in Solingen , † February 20, 1976 in Hamburg ) was a German manager in the automotive and armaments industries.

After 1936, began working as Technical Director of the BMW - branch Eisenach , Schaaf was 1942 Production Manager in Albert Speer's armaments ministry . Due to an ongoing production crisis in BMW aircraft engine manufacturing, BMW General Director Fritz Hille had to resign from his position in May 1944 at the initiative of General Aircraft Master Erhard Milch from the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) . The successor was to be Schaaf, who was hostile to Hille, but due to internal quarrels, he was initially only appointed to the BMW supervisory board, which in turn delegated him to the board of directors as production manager. Wilhelm Schaaf only became officially BMW CEO after Hilles was finally eliminated in February 1945, which he remained until June 1945. Nothing is known about Schaaf's whereabouts after the war.

Schaaf was married to Anita Eckermann (* 1907) since 1939; the couple had two children.

In 1944 Schaaf became a member of the Jägerstab .

literature

Constanze Werner: War economy and forced labor at BMW . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006. ISBN 3486577921

Web links

Wilhelm Schaaf. In: BMW history. BMW AG(dossier on Wilhelm Schaaf in the BMW Group archive).; Retrieved May 18, 2014

Individual evidence

^ Friedemann Bernhard Krug: Wilhelm Schaaf. In: fkrug.com. September 9, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schaaf, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Solingen
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1976
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Friedemann Bernhard Krug: Wilhelm Schaaf. In: fkrug.com. September 9, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .