Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM)
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- Name (English)
- Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM)
- Short name
- Ministry of Aviation
- Short Description
- The Ministry of Aviation (German: Reichsluftfahrtministerium, abbreviated RLM) was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelmstrasse in central Berlin, Germany, which today houses the German Finance Ministry (German: Bundesministerium der Finanzen).
The Ministry was in charge of development and production of all aircraft developed, designed and built in Germany during the existence of the Third Reich, overseeing all matters concerning both military and civilian designs – it handled military aviation matters as its top priority, particularly for the Luftwaffe. As was characteristic of government departments in the Nazi era, the Ministry was personality-driven and formal procedures were often ignored in favour of the whims of the Minister, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. As a result, early successes in aircraft development progressed only slowly and erratically during World War II. - Entity Encoding
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Fotografie: zweiachsiger Kesselwagen (Längsansicht, Spurweite: 1435 mm), 1935. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM)
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Image: Verkehrsmuseum Dresden - CC BY-NC-SA -
Postkarte von Erich Otto an Else Otto, 13.05.1943
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Image: Museum Wolmirstedt - RR-F
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