General Plenipotentiary for Regulation of the Construction Industry
In office 9 December 1938 – 8 February 1942
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Albert Speer
Head of the Organisation Todt
In office May 1938 – 8 February 1942
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Albert Speer
Inspector General for German Roadways
In office 5 July 1933 – 8 February 1942
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Albert Speer
Personal details
Born
(1891-09-04)4 September 1891 Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (in modern Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died
8 February 1942(1942-02-08) (aged 50) near Rastenburg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany (modern Kętrzyn, Poland)
Resting place
Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin
Political party
Nazi Party
Parent(s)
Emil Todt (father) Elise Unterecker (mother)
Education
Technical University of Munich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Profession
Civil engineer
Known for
Chief of Organisation Todt
Cabinet
Hitler Cabinet
Civilian awards
German Order
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Luftstreitkräfte Luftwaffe
Years of service
1914–1918 1939–1942
Rank
Leutnant of the reserves Generalmajor der Luftwaffe (Honorary) SA-Obergruppenführer
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Military awards
Iron Cross
Fritz Todt ([fʁɪt͡stoːt]; 4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior figure of the Nazi Party. He was the founder of Organisation Todt (OT), a military-engineering organisation that supplied German industry with forced labour, and served as Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition in Nazi Germany early in World War II, directing the entire German wartime military economy from that position.
An engineer by training, Todt served in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and was a recipient of the Iron Cross. He joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1931. Steadily rising through the ranks, Todt became Inspector General for German Roadways after Adolf Hitler came to power. In that capacity, he was responsible for the construction of the German autobahns. In 1938, he founded Organisation Todt and directed large-scale engineering projects such as the Westwall (Siegfried Line) and the Atlantic Wall. In 1940, he was appointed Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production. During World War II Todt made extensive use of forced labour, with as many as 800,000 labourers from German-occupied territories in the service of his organisation.
Todt was killed in February 1942 near Rastenburg when his aircraft crashed shortly after take-off. He was succeeded as Reichsminister and head of the OT by Albert Speer.
FritzTodt ([fʁɪt͡s toːt]; 4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior figure of the Nazi Party. He was the founder...
Todt (OT; [ʔɔʁɡanizaˈtsi̯oːn toːt]) was a civil and military engineering organisation in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, named for its founder, Fritz...
production was actually due to systems instituted by Speer's predecessor (FritzTodt) and that Speer was intimately aware of and involved in the "Final Solution"...
Siegfried Battery, it was renamed in honor of the German engineer FritzTodt, creator of the Todt Organisation. It was later integrated into the Atlantic Wall...
to power at the end of January 1933, their position changed rapidly. FritzTodt produced a report arguing for the building of highways, Straßenbau und...
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enters the Cabinet as a Reich Minister (without portfolio). March 1940: FritzTodt enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister of Armaments and Munitions. January...
Federation for German Technology (NS-Bund Deutscher Technik), led by FritzTodt and to which, until 1938, almost all technical-scientific associations...
fibre production, undertake public works projects under the direction of FritzTodt, increase automobile production, initiate numerous building and architectural...
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(1932–42). In 1942 he succeeded FritzTodt as Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production, Head of the Organisation Todt, Inspector General for German...
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engineering. In 1928 the Raketenrummel or "Rocket Rumble" fad initiated by Fritz von Opel and Max Valier was highly influential on von Braun as a teenage...
connecting the maritime British Empire. Hitler embraced a suggestion from FritzTodt to build a new high-capacity Reichsspurbahn (Imperial Gauge Railway) with...
Rudolf Heß, Heinrich Himmler, Bouhler, FritzTodt and Reinhard Heydrich (from left), listening to Konrad Meyer at a Generalplan Ost exhibition, 20 March...
saw a high number of senior Nazis enlisting, with Reinhard Heydrich and FritzTodt joining the Luftwaffe, as well as Karl Hanke who served in the army. The...
of German Engineers and the Organisation Todt where he rose to be the right-hand man to FritzTodt. When Todt became the first Minister of Armaments and...
Rudolf Hess, Himmler, Philipp Bouhler, FritzTodt, Reinhard Heydrich, and others listening to Konrad Meyer at a Generalplan Ost exhibition, 20 March 1941...
Bauhaus influences living on in Nazi Germany. When Hitler's chief engineer, FritzTodt, began opening the new autobahns (highways) in 1935, many of the bridges...
Johann Fritz Hess, the family moved to Alexandria, where Johann Christian Hess founded the import company Hess & Co. which his son, Johann Fritz Hess,...
Arnold Speer Sky du Mont: John Kenneth Galbraith Conrad F. Geier: Dr. FritzTodt Heinz Grunschel: Heinrich Hoffmann Hannes Hellmann: Hermann Göring Alfred...
Vinci Robert E. Lee Herman Haupt Douglas MacArthur George Washington FritzTodt "military engineering". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. 2013. Retrieved 13...