Franz Xaver Dorsch (left) with Albert Speer (right), November 1942
Head of Organisation Todt
In office 14 April 1944 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by
Albert Speer
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
28 December 1899 Illertissen, German Empire
Died
8 November 1986(1986-11-08) (aged 86) Munich, West Germany
Nationality
German
Occupation
Civil engineer
Known for
Founder of Dorsch Consult / Dorsch Gruppe
Awards
Blood Order Golden Party Badge Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords[1]
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Years of service
1917–1919
Rank
Sergeant
Battles/wars
World War I
Franz Xaver Dorsch (24 December 1899 – 8 November 1986) was a German civil engineer who became the chief engineer of the Organisation Todt (OT), a civil and military engineering group in Nazi Germany that was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects at home and in the territories occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. He played a leading role in many of the Third Reich's biggest engineering projects, including the construction of the Siegfried Line (Westwall), the Atlantic Wall and numerous other fortifications in Germany and occupied Europe. Following the war, he founded the Dorsch Consult consulting engineering company in Wiesbaden.
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