The Nazi Dictatorship and the Deutsche Bank

ISBN-13: 9780521838740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 286 str.

Harold James

Opis

Examining the role of the Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, in the Nazi dictatorship, Harold James asks how the bank accommodated itself to a transition from democracy and a market economy to dictatorship and a planned economy. How did the new Zeitgeist influence the bank? What opportunities for profit did it see in the National Socialist route out of the Great Depression? What role did anti-Semitism play in the bank's business relations and its dealing with employees? How was the bank connected to Auschwitz?

Recenzje

'James' monograph is well researched and documented. By drawing together the most important elements of his two previous publications, James' monograph of Deutsche Bank is more readily accessible to readers. We are left with the image of a bank that reluctantly became involved in the racist and expansionary policies of the Third Reich, whose powers were subordinated to the state.' Business History

Spis treści

List of figures and table; Preface; 1. The setting; 2. The initial challenge: National Socialist ideology; 3. Anti-Semitism and the German banks; 4. Emil Georg von Stauss: the banker as politician; 5. Foreign expansion; 6. The expansion of state and party during the war; 7. The end of dictatorship; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.