Reichsnährstand
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The Reichsnährstand was a government body set up in Nazi Germany to regulate food production.
Reichsnährstand plaque in Schleswig-Holstein
"Fight against Waste," Reichsnährstand poster from Berlin, 1937.
Richard Walther Darré
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Richard Walther Darré was one of the leading Nazi "blood and soil" ideologists and served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture. As the National leader for agricultural policy, he was a high-ranki
Reichsnährstand
…Nazi Germany to regulate food production. The Reichsnährstand was founded by the Reichsnährstandsgesetz (decree) of 13 September 1933; it was led by R. Walther Darré. The Reichsnährstand had legal authority over everyone involved in agricultural production and distribution. It attempted to interfere in the market…
Bundesarchiv Bild 119 2179, Walter Richard Darré
"The peasantry is the life source of the people", quote by Darré printed on the wall newspaper Wochenspruch der NSDAP of 8 October 1940
Darré speaking at a Reich Food Society (Reichsnährstand) assembly under the slogan Blut und Boden, Blood and soil, in Goslar, 1937