Franz Neuhausen: Difference between revisions

Franz Neuhausen was born on 13 December 1887 in the town of [[Merzig]] in the [[Rhine Province]] of the [[German Empire]].{{sfn|Völkl|Lengyel|1991|p=52}} Nothing is known of his family or life before [[World War I]], and he was a pilot in the [[Luftstreitkräfte|German Air Force]] during that war.{{sfn|Tomasevich|2001|p=76}} In the [[inter-war period]] he reached the rank of ''[[Gruppenführer]]'' (major general) in the [[National Socialist Flyers Corps]] ({{lang-de|Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps}}, NSFK) which was a paramilitary [[Nazi Party]] organisation similar to the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' or SA.{{sfn|Kroener|Müller|Umbreit|2000|p=96}} He was stationed in [[Belgrade]] from 1931 onwards, first as the manager of the German Transportation Office, then as the official representative or party attache (''Landesgruppenleiter'') of the Nazi Party in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], and finally as the German [[Consul (representative)|consul-general]], with the rank of Consul-General Major of the [[Luftwaffe]].{{sfn|Kroener|Müller|Umbreit|2000|p=96}} It is likely that he fulfilled both political and economic intelligence work in Yugoslavia throughout the 1930s. He had effective networks in both government and political circles and kept himself well informed about political and economic conditions, becoming a wealthy industrialist in the process.{{sfn|Tomasevich|2001|p=76}} With the assistance of his close friend{{sfn|Kurapovna|2010|p=258}} ''[[Reichsmarshall]]'' [[Hermann Göring]] he obtained [[Share (finance)|shares]] in a range of mining and metal industries through dubious transactions. As a result of such deals, Neuhausen was arrested by the [[Gestapo]] several times but Göring interceded on his behalf on each occasion to ensure that the serious charges were downgraded. In return, Neuhausen provided Göring with foreign currency, and when he attended the ''Reichsmarshall'''s birthday party each year he gave Göring a {{convert|30|lb|kg|adj=on}} bar of gold or silver. Göring used this money to amass a huge collection of artworks and jewelry at his country estate, [[Carinhall]].{{sfn|Alford|2012|pp=17–18}} As consul-general, Neuhausen negotiated the purchase of the huge [[Bor, Serbia|Bor]] copper mines from the defeated [[French Third Republic|French]] in 1940, and subsequently became chairman of the board of the new German company that operated the mines, ''Bor Kupferbergwerke und Hütten A.G.'' in Belgrade.{{sfn|Tomasevich|2001|p=617}}

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