The stern pronouncement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive (JCS 1067) that the United States commander should do nothing to restore the German economy above the minimum level necessary to prevent such disease and unrest as might endanger the occupation forces gave way in July 1945 to an order to stimulate coal production for export delivery to Belgium, the Netherlands, and France" (which did not materialize). The remaining portion of Germany should be divided into two autonomous, independent states, (1) a South German state comprising Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and some smaller areas and (2) a North German state comprising a large part of the old state of Prussia, Saxony, Thuringia and several smaller states. Everything that could not be dismantled was blown up or otherwise destroyed. by confiscation of all German assets of any character whatsoever outside of Germany. Occupation forces were not to assist with economic development apart from the agricultural sector. That unfortunately is not based on fact. Der Morgenthau-Plan wurde allerdings noch 1944 wieder verworfen und kam niemals zur Anwendung. All heavy industry was to be dismantled or otherwise destroyed. It was not until 1953 that the situation gradually started to improve for the Blohm & Voss, thanks in part to repeated pleas by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to the Allied High Commissioners. File:Germany Morgenthau Plan.png File:Germany Morgenthau Plan-en.svg. William Clayton reported to Washington that "millions of people are slowly starving". So konnten zum einen keine Waffen mehr hergestellt werden, zum anderen würde Deutschland ohne Industrie niemals mehr wirtschaftlich so erstarken, um einen Krieg führen zu können. Der Plan des Juden Morgenthau, Finanzministers der USA, war der strategische Vernichtungsplan des amerikanischen Judentums, den dieses durch Amerika an Deutschland zu vollziehen versuchte. Roosevelt reminded Churchill of Stalin's comments at the Tehran Conference, and asked "Are you going to let Germany produce modern metal furniture? Restitution and Reparation. [53] A review by Orville Prescott on October 5, 1945 in the same newspaper concluded that the whole world would benefit if copies of the book reached the key US decisionmakers responsible for policy about Germany. Verfasst hatte den vermeintlichen „Plan“ der US-Amerikaner Henry Morgenthau jr. English: The (1944) U.S. "Morgenthau Plan" showing the planned partitioning of Germany into a North State, a South State, and an International zone. The occupation directive remained secret until October 17, 1945. I am sure I have not. Angelegt war der Plan auf 20 Jahre. [57] Henry M. Morgenthau war im Jahr 1944 - also noch vor dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges - amerikanischer Finanzminister.Wäre es nach ihm gegangen, so hätte sich Deutschland nach dem Krieg nie wieder so richtig wirtschaftlich erholt. There are several illusions in all this "war potential" attitude. The conviction that Germany had nothing to expect from defeat but oppression and exploitation still prevails, and that accounts for the fact that the Germans continue to fight. [63], The Ruhr — The Times' article and editorial on the breach in the U.S. ranks on the subject of the Ruhr were accurate, and the latter excellent. Der Morgenthau-Plan - eine Idee mit Sprengkraft US-Finanzminister Henry Morgenthau (Mitte) war 1944 auch treibende Kraft hinter der Schaffung von … [84] English: Map of the 1944 Morgenthau Plan, which would have seen Germany totally demilitarised and divided into three areas: a Northern state, a Southern state, and a de-industrialised International Zone in the west, administered by "an international security organization, to be established by the United Nations". [97] However, according to Greiner, the "Morgenthau myth" (German: die Morgenthau-Legende) was perpetuated in West Germany by right-wing extremist historians echoing Nazi propaganda and railing against an "extermination plan" for Germany by Jews and the left-wing intelligensia in America, while in Communist East Germany the Morgenthau Plan was presented as a western imperialist plot to destroy Germany. The problems brought on by the execution of these types of policies were eventually apparent to most US officials in Germany.