From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich

ISBN-13: 9780521782272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 394 str.

Peter Hayes

Opis

The Degussa corporation played a pivotal role in the processing of plundered precious metals in Nazi-occupied Europe and controlled the production and distribution of Zyklon B, the infamous pesticide used to gas the inmates of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps, during the Third Reich. Peter Hayes traces the extent of the corporation's involvement in these and other Nazi war crimes, including the Aryanization of Jewish-owned property and the exploitation of forced labor, and delineates the motivations for such conduct.

Recenzje

'Hayes has produced a remarkable and highly readable book. From Cooperation to Complicity is impressive in overview, rich in detail, and , not the least, balanced in its judgements.' Zug

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. The company, the party and the regime; 3. Aryanization; 4. Autarky and armament; 5. Precious metals for the Reich; 6. War production and spoliation; 7. Forced labour; 8. Degesch and Zyklon B; 9. War's end and aftermath; Appendices; Index.