Krieg auf Kosten anderer: Das Reichsministerium der Finanzen und die wirtschaftliche Mobilisierung Europas für Hitlers Krieg

by Jürgen Kilian

Forced labor in the occupied nations furnished at least a quarter of the resources employed by the Third Reich`s war machine. The Ministry of Finance played a previously underestimated role in this process. Alongside the financial administrators assigned to the conquered territories, the Ministry`s bureaucrats helped direct European fiscal policy. The fruits of their plunder flowed into the German war chest and enabled Hitler to wage his war.

494 pages, Hardcover

Published November 20, 2017