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Fritz Todt

1891 to 1942 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Fritz Todt across 3 places, from 1911 to 1941. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Fritz Todt (4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Fritz Todt was documented, and when

1911 to 1914period
Technical University of Munichattested “From 1911 to 1914, Todt studied engineering at Technical Hochschule of Munich and Karlsruhe, graduating with a Diplom degree in construction engineering from the latter.” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
1941year
Moscowattested “By the summer's end of 1941, Germany confronted structural crises—an acute coal shortage with direct consequences for steel and armaments production, a fuel crisis in the autumn, and severe inflationary pressures—to the degree that Tooze…” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
May 1941month
Berchtesgadenattested “Intending to maximize industrial productive output through "rationalization", Hitler met with both Todt and General Georg Thomas in May 1941 at Berchtesgaden, where he "outlined his plans for increasing the efficiency of the war economy.…” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt

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Places Fritz Todt is documented in

Moscow1 presence · 1941
Berchtesgaden1 presence · 1941
Technical University of Munich1 presence · 1911

Other places tied to Fritz Todt in the record

In each of these, a source puts Fritz Todt and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Fritz Todt was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1920year
Karlsruhe Institute of Technologymentioned “After the war he resumed his studies and completed them at Karlsruhe in 1920.” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
1932year
Technical University of Munichmentioned “In 1932, Todt completed his thesis at Technical Hochschule of Munich Fehlerquellen beim Bau von Landstraßendecken aus Teer und Asphalt ("Sources of defects in the construction of tarmac and asphalt road surfaces") and became a Doctor of…” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
May 1938month
Nurembergmentioned “In May 1938, he initiated the Organization Todt—named such by Hitler himself, who announced this at a Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg—joining government firms, private companies and the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service).” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
8 February 1942exact date
East Prussiamentioned “On 8 February 1942, sometime after taking off from the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair") airfield near Rastenburg, in East Prussia, Todt's Heinkel He 111 aircraft crashed near the village of Wilhelmsdorf and he was killed.” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
8 February 1942exact date
Rastenburgmentioned “On 8 February 1942, sometime after taking off from the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair") airfield near Rastenburg, in East Prussia, Todt's Heinkel He 111 aircraft crashed near the village of Wilhelmsdorf and he was killed.” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt
8 February 1942exact date
Wolfsschanzementioned “On 8 February 1942, sometime after taking off from the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair") airfield near Rastenburg, in East Prussia, Todt's Heinkel He 111 aircraft crashed near the village of Wilhelmsdorf and he was killed.” source: Wikipedia: Fritz Todt

Documented at the same place, the same year

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