Carl Friedrich Goerdeler during a speech in the House of Doctors in Linden street in Berlin on 12 April 1935, where he spoke before the Business Community of the Doctors about the economic situation in Germany. The Lord Mayor of Leipzig Goerdeler was from1931 until 1935 Reich Commissioner for the price control and was considered a specialist in difficult management issues. He who speaks before a swastika flag and a painting of Adolf Hitler, withdrew between1935 and 937 from all government offices and went into opposition.