Mein Aufsatz “<Ära Voss> Zur Karriere des Wirtschaftsprüfers Dr. Wilhelm Voss (1896-1974) in der Konsolidierungsphase des NS-Regimes 1933/1934″, ursprünglich erschienen im Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2017/1, ist jetzt auf dem Server der Ruhruniversität Bochum abrufbar.
Richard Karoli was one of the most renowned auditors during the Nazi era. Even after the Second World War, his clients included large companies such as Bayer, RWE, Krupp and Nixdorf. Weiterlesen
Walter Susat was a highly mobile, social climber who took up the study of the new, institutionally not yet established business administration at an early stage. In his professional life, he distinguished himself with diverse experiences in university, civil service and private business. After the National Socialists’ “seizure of power” in spring 1933, the auditor resigned from the board of the Reich-owned auditing company “Treuarbeit” and the board of the auditors’ association “Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer”.
by USArmy Photographers
With the accountant Hermann Karoli, an elite member is portrayed who, despite belonging to the Waffen-SS and working responsibly for an SS authority central to the concentration camp system, not only continued his career in the Federal Republic of Germany, but expanded it. He was considered the most important management consultant of the 1960s and 1970s.
Fritz Rittstieg is a good example of a professional career in business that began in the 1920s and – notwithstanding the dedicated support of the National Socialist regime – continued in the Federal Republic.
