What is Herbert Backe?
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J02034, Herbert Backe.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Herbert Backe]] '''Herbert Backe''' (1 May 1896 – 6 April 1947) was a [[Germany|German]] [[wikt:politician|politician]] and [[War crime|war criminal]]. He was born in [[Batumi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] in the [[Russian Empire]] . He worked in the [[Third Reich]] [[government]] and was made [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Food in May 1942 and Minister of [[Agriculture]] in April 1944. He had that job in the short-lived [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] of Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] in the last days of [[World War II]], from late April to May 1945, as the [[Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler|political request]] of [[Adolf Hitler]]. During the war, [[Alfred Rosenberg]] said that Backe should become the leader of the [[Ukraine]] [[Reichskommissar]]iat (Nazi government in Ukraine). He was one of the people who planned and made happen the [[Hunger Plan]] - a plan to starve to death tens of millions of [[Slavic peoples|Slavic people]] in order to make sure there was enough food available for the German people and military.<ref>[[The Wages of Destruction]], p.669</ref> He was taken prisoner by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] after the war, he was to be [[Trial (court)|tried]] in the [[Ministries Trial]], but he killed himself by [[hanging]] in his [[Prison|cell]] at [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg]] on 6 April 1947. ==Notes== <div class='references-small'> <references/> </div> == Other websites == * [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.olokaustos.org/bionazi/leaders/backe.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Herbert%2BBacke%2522%2B1947%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1%26sa%3DG Photo & Brief Bio] {{Hitler's Cabinet}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Backe, Herbert}} [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1947 deaths]] [[Category:German war criminals]] [[Category:Government ministers of Nazi Germany]] [[Category:Holocaust perpetrators]] [[Category:Nazis who committed suicide]] [[Category:Politicians of the Nazi Part