page_title: Franz Xaver Dorsch
hierarchical_section_title: Franz Xaver Dorsch
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Scherl: Reichsminister Speer an der Atlantikküste, Reichsminister Speer in Begleitung des Leiters der OT-Zentrale, Ministerialdirektor [Xaver] Dorsch (links), besichtigt eine der gewaltigen Baustellen an der Atlantikküste, um sich von dem planmäßigen Fortgang der Arbeiten zu überzeugen. 6444-42 Zentralbild: II. Weltkrieg 1939 - 45 Der Reichsminister für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion besichtigt in Begleitung des Leiters der OT-Zentrale (Organisation Todt), Ministerialdirektor Dorsch (links) eine Großbaustelle an der Atlantikküste. November 1942 B 22 744
context_page_description: Franz Xaver Dorsch was a German civil engineer who became the chief engineer of the Organisation Todt, a civil and military engineering group in Nazi Germany that was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects at home and in the territories occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. He played a leading role in many of the Third Reich's biggest engineering projects, including the construction of the Siegfried Line, the Atlantic Wall and numerous other fortifications in Germany and occupied Europe. Following the war, he founded the Dorsch Consult consulting engineering company in Wiesbaden.
context_section_description: Franz Xaver Dorsch (24 December 1899 – 8 November 1986) was a German civil engineer who became the chief engineer of the Organisation Todt (OT), a civil and military engineering group in Nazi Germany that was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects at home and in the territories occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. He played a leading role in many of the Third Reich's biggest engineering projects, including the construction of the Siegfried Line (Westwall), the Atlantic Wall and numerous other fortifications in Germany and occupied Europe. Following the war, he founded the Dorsch Consult consulting engineering company in Wiesbaden.
caption: Franz Xaver Dorsch (left) with Albert Speer (right), November 1942
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