--- title: "4 Walther Funk Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "Walther Immanuel Funk was a German economist, Nazi official and convicted war criminal who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 an..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walther-funk-94481.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Walther Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walther-funk-94481.jpg) # Walther Funk (1890–1960) Journalist Germany **4** quotes in **30** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Walther Funk was a journalist from Germany. ## Quick Facts About Walther Funk Born August 18, 1890 Died May 31, 1960 Nationality Germany Profession Journalist Notable works Grundsätze der deutschen Aussenhandelspolitik und das Problem der internationalen Verschuldung ## About Walther Funk Walther Immanuel Funk was a German economist, Nazi official and convicted war criminal who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsbank from 1939 to 1945. Funk oversaw the mobilization of the economy for Germany's rearmament and World War II, and the expropriation of assets of victims from Nazi concentration camps. He was convicted for crimes against humanity by the Nuremberg Tribunal. ## Awards & Honors Golden Party Badge ## Quotes by Walther Funk > [I can spot a musical type. I can tell by looking at a woman whether she is a contralto or a soprano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walther-funk/i-can-spot-a-musical-type-i-can-tell-by-looking-at-a-woman-whether/) [Walther Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walther-funk/) [Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/walther-funk-69215_funk_i-can-spot-a-musical-type-i-can-tell-by_289813.jpg) > [Those Russians. They did worse things when they entered Pomerania than we ever did in Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walther-funk/those-russians-they-did-worse-things-when-they-entered-pomerania-than/) [Walther Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walther-funk/) [Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/walther-funk-69215_funk_those-russians-they-did-worse-things-whe_1464284.jpg) > [But ignorance of the law is no excuse. A person is guilty even if he breaks the law unknowingly. I shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walther-funk/but-ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse-a-person-is-guilty-even-if-he/) [Walther Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walther-funk/) [Break](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/walther-funk-69215_break_but-ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse-a_2964250.jpg) > [I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walther-funk/i-do-feel-ashamed-of-having-participated-to-the-slightest-even-as-a/) [Walther Funk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walther-funk/) [Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/walther-funk-69215_ashamed_i-do-feel-ashamed-of-having-participated_3177999.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walther-funk/#itemlist", "name": "Walther Funk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can spot a musical type. 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