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WISSELMANN, Heinrich
German
Berlin W 62, Einemstr« 2k
President (General Direktor) of Preuasische Bergwerks- und
Hatten AG (Pre us sag J, Berlin^
Member of the Board of directors of, Oergyerksgesellachaft
Ilibsrnia, Herne»
Reichs-msrke AG für Berg- und Hüttenbetriebe "Ilenaann. GCxlng^,
Salzdetfurth AG, etc» etc0
Head of Tfirtschaftsgruppe Bergbau (Economic Group Mining),
Eember of the Advisory Board (Beirat)_ of Reichsgruppe Industrie
(National Gi'oup Industry),
Eember of the Executive Committee (Präsidium) of:
Deutsches KaliSyndikat GmbH,
Reichsvereinigung Kohle»
3irth date and place: Ik January 1831»
fork and Political History: Originally a government mining engineer (Bergassessor),
lYisselmann under the Nazi regime has become one :>f Germany's
pot/erful industrialists, -rcith top positions in .government
owned and private undertakings, as vail as in the Nazi administration
of German business» His chief interests are in the field of
mining, in the chemical and in the oil industry»
lYisselmann controls a considerable portion of major government
owned minTing properties» He is President (Generaldirektor) of
the Preussische Bergwerks-und Hotten AG XPreussagT, owned by
the Vereinigte rvlektrizitäts und Bergwerks AG 'fVobap;), the holding
company of the state of Prussia. Tilth a stock "capital of RE
120,000,000 in 19ij.2 and maiy large subsidiariesj, Preu£sag
ranks high in importance among German mining enterprisesT
Y.'isselmann, furthermore, is a member of the Board of Directors
of three of Preussag's subsidiaries:
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Anhaltische Salzwerke GmbH, Stassfurt Leopoldshall,
'(salt mine"s)"T"
Luise Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Gn'oHj Berlin (shipping),
Sod'afabrik Stassfurth Gmbll7> Stassfürt, (chcraical Plant)
owned 50 percent by Vreuscas»
The second chief subsidiary of the Vebag holding company,
is the Bergwerksge&caischaft Hibernia, Kerne, Germany's third
largest coal" producer, of which V, r isselmann is a member of the
Board of Directors. He is a member of the Advisory Board of
,r . Strohmeyer .LagerhauGgesellschaft, Mannheim, affiliated vdth
Hibernia, which, in turn controls various transportation firms
as vie 11 aü the Oberbayrische AG für Kohlenbergbau, Htlnchey*, _
(coal mining concern), which V.isselmann is a member of the
3oard of Directors. Another company in the Vebag combine, of
which V.isselmann is a member of the Board of~Dlre"ctors is
the Eisenwerk V.eserhütte AG, Bad Oeynhausen, an iron mill
controlled by the Preussische Alektrisitäts A", the third
largest of Vebag' s major subsidiaries.
VAisselmann is a member of the Board of Directors of
Saargruben A'}, Germany's second largest coal producing company,
owned by the Reich and of the Bayrische Berg: - Hütten -und
Salzwerke AG», llünchen, comprising all mining properties
belonging to 'the Bavarian State »
In the Goring combine, organised in 1937 2jnd reorganized, in
19lil, which has become the third largest industrial trust in
Europe, V.isselmann holds the position of member of the Board
of Directors of Reichswerke AG für^ffund Hüttenbetriebe
"Hermann Goring," the largest of the Goring undertakings,
comprising the mining and steel mill properties of the combine»
IVisselmann is connected with a number of private mining
and metal processing firms» He is Deputy Chairman of the fioard
of Directors of Bleiberger Bergwerks Union, Klugonfurt, Austria,
is President (Vorsitzender des Gnibenvcrstands) of Gewerkschaft
Baden, and Gewerkschaft I.-arkgräfer in Buggingen,- and is a
member of the Board of Directors of:
Uansfeld AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb, Eisleben,
a large concern belonging to the Salzdetfurtta combine and
producing copper, silver, gold, platinum, salt, etc., and
semi-finished products such as wire, tubes, etc.
üessingwerk Unna AG, Unna, Westfalen, which manufactures
copper and" brass tubes and pipes»
In the chemical and oil industries, v.isselmann likewise
fields considerable influence. He is a member of the Board
of Directors of the following:
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Salzdethfurbh AG., Jorlin, the second largest German
potash producers, which also has important copper,, salt and
lignite works?
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Rütgerswerko_ AG ^Berlin, which originally produced mainly
petrolcura derivatives, bar products and various chemicals, but
in the thirties also acquired a considerable interest in the
mineral oil production; including the Rumanian oil fields,
V.estfülisch Anhaltischo .Sprengstoff AG Chornische ^prlk_ej2,
Berlin, an important cenbine producing chemicals and explosives,
controlled by the Steel Trust groups, Ivüchling, etc,
Sevarkstnaft Ott/csc^f? C r ä^l Affingrie, Hannover,
3 ewei'kschaft Keue__-rd01 Affinerie~Nerag, H3.nn.ovcr,
Kontinentale OJt AG, established in 19 Ul by German bönks
and oil interests, rminly as a holding company for the
control and exploitation of oil properties in Eastern Europe,
especially Poland, Rucania and Russia,
Karpat';en-Ql AG, a subsidiary of Kontinental ül AG established
in 1$I;2, whTch was givin exclusive control over the - exploration,
exploitation and refining of petroleum and natural gas in
German Occupied Poland»
He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of:
Staatliche Glasmanufaktu\ Karlsbad, AG, Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)
a glass factory in Czech(.;.;]c*' , *S'j r .:>.
Y.'isselnann's power o'vir German industry is further based
on his membership of the liecutive Committeo (Präsidium)
of two important cartels, the
Deutsches Kalisyndik.T, _OmgH (potash syndicate), one of
the r,iost tightly organized German cartels which determines
production quotas for all potash mines, fixes prices, etc., and the
Reichsvereininunr; Kc• le, the first of the Nasi suporoartcls
organised in l$?lil to furtwr centralise control over the
German coal industry.
V.'ithin the corporative organisation of German business,
established by the Nazis in \93li, Y.'isselmann is head of the
•,;ir,tschaftsgruope Bergbau (E-.-jnomic Group tuning), and a
member of the Advisory Board of the Reichsgruppe Industrie
(National Group Industry)»' ib is a member also~c2 r "ttie
Advisory Board of the Deutsch; Reichsbank.
Y.'isselmann received the title of V.ehrwir t s chaftsf ilhrer,
which is granted to key men ii the Nazi economy- who are in
excellent standing with the ?azi party.
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Summary: !ty virtue of his position as Head of the Economic Group
1'i.ning, his membership on the Executive Dourd of the
ReichsVereinigung Kohle and the Potash Syndicate, as President
"of the Preussische Bergwerks-und Hütten AG, and as a member
of the Eoard of such important government owned and private
industrial undertakings as the Reichsv;erke A3 für 3erg-und
Hrüttenbetriebe "Hermann Goring", Bergwerksgesellschaft
HiSernia AG^ Saargruben AG, Saladethfurth AG, etc.,
vJisselmann shares in the responsibility for formulating
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