Playing on Hitler’s interest in self-sufficiency, Voegler proposed a scheme to produce several million tons of synthetic fuel. Given the political turmoil in 1933, it took a few months. But on 10 August 1933 Voegler was able to inform Professor Dr Carl Krauch, the key technical man in IG’s synthetics programme, that Secretary of State Erhard Milch at the Air Ministry was interested in consulting with IG about the future of Germany’s fuel supplies.
