MEFO
MEFO (Metallurgische Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H., lit. 'Society for Metallurgical Research LLC') was a dummy company set up by the Nazi German government to finance the German re-armament effort in the years prior to World War II. == Origins == This dummy company was set up in May 1933, just after appointment of Hjalmar Schacht as Reichsbank President in March 1933, as a front for purchases from four German armament manufacturers, Krupp, Siemens, Gutehoffnungshütte, and Rheinmetall. The four were persuaded to put up the initial share capital of 250,000 Reichsmarks.