Leonard Rist
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Leonard Rist was a French
economist and banker. He was imprisoned by the Nazi forces following the German occupation of France in the summer of 1940, and spent 18 months in a prison camp in Sudetenland
. The bankers of the House of Morgan, where Rist was employed, managed to get him out.
After the war, Rist became the first chief economist of the World Bank
. Rist held various positions at the World Bank for 20 years.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
economist and banker. He was imprisoned by the Nazi forces following the German occupation of France in the summer of 1940, and spent 18 months in a prison camp in Sudetenland
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
. The bankers of the House of Morgan, where Rist was employed, managed to get him out.
After the war, Rist became the first chief economist of the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. Rist held various positions at the World Bank for 20 years.