creation, he set to work diligently, reinforcing the protectionist walls that insulated German agriculture from the world market.13 To consolidate the protection of the grain-growing interest he established a central purchasing agency that would guarantee minimum prices to all producers. In June 1933 German farm debtors were effectively removed from the ordinary credit system, being provided with complete protection against their creditors. Imports were subject to quotas, as the agricultural lobby had long demanded. It was Hugenberg’s no-holds-barred approach to agricultural protection that
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