Business and Industry in Nazi Germany

Published by Berghahn Books 2004

Business and Industry in Nazi Germany

Edited by: Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener

Volume 2 in the series Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782389750

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About this book

During the past decade, the role of Germany's economic elites under Hitler has once again moved into the limelight of historical research and public debate. This volume brings together a group of internationally renowned scholars who have been at the forefront of recent research. Their articles provide an up-to-date synthesis, which is as comprehensive as it is insightful, of current knowledge in this field. The result is a volume that offers students and interested readers a brief but focused introduction to the role of German businesses and industries in the crimes of Hitler's Third Reich. Not only does this book treat the subject in an accessible manner; it also emerges as particularly relevant in light of current controversies over the nature of business-state relations, corporate social responsibility, and globalization.

Author / Editor information

Francis R. Nicosia is the Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. He has written on German Zionism and German Middle East policy during the Weimar and Nazi periods, and is author of The Third Reich and the Palestine Question, and co-author of The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust.

Jonathan Huener is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Vermont. He has written on aspects of memorial culture in postwar Germany and Poland, and is author of Auschwitz, Poland, and the Politics of Commemoration, 1945-1979.

Francis R. Nicosia is the Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. He has written on German Zionism and German Middle East policy during the Weimar and Nazi periods, and is author of The Third Reich and the Palestine Question, and co-author of The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust.

Reviews

"This stimulating volume …offers students and the interested general reader an excellent introduction to the topic…This very readable collection is ideally suited as a point of orientation for future research on the question of corporate behaviour and corporate social responsibility under the NS-dictatorship." · Ingo Köhler, in sehepunkte 5

"With its five concise case studies, the book gives a good insights into methods, trends and results of recent research." · Historische Zeitschrift

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Business and Industry in Nazi Germany in Historiographical Context Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN NAZI GERMANY Reluctant or Willing Collaborators? Gerald D. Feldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter Two BANKS AND BUSINESS POLITICS IN NAZI GERMANY Harold James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter Three THE CHEMISTRY OF BUSINESS-STATE RELATIONS IN THE THIRD REICH Peter Hayes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Chapter Four THE BUSINESS OF GENOCIDE The SS, Slavery, and the Concentration Camps Michael Thad Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter Five CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ISSUE OF COMPENSATION The Case of Ford and Nazi Germany Simon Reich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter Six WRITING THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS IN THE THIRD REICH Past Achievements and Future Directions Volker R. Berghahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Appendixes
APPENDIX A Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, 7 April 1933 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
APPENDIX B The Leadership of the German Government on the Effect on the Economy of German Policy toward the Jews, August 1935 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
APPENDIX C The Launching of the Four-Year Plan, August to September 1936 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
APPENDIX D The Structure of Business Organization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
APPENDIX E Regulation for the Elimination of the Jews from the Economic Life of Germany, 12 November 1938 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
APPENDIX F An “Aryanization” Contract Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
APPENDIX G German Court Order Declaring Ford-Werke Enemy Property and Placing It under Nazi Custodianship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
APPENDIX H Research Findings about Ford-Werke under the Nazi Regime Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 176
Keywords: History (General); History: 20th Century to Present; Genocide History

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Published: March 1, 2004
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