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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.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Business and Industry in Nazi Germany in Historiographical Context
F. R. Nicosia and
J. Huener Chapter 2. Financial Institutions in Nazi Germany
G. D. Feldman Chapter 3. Banks and Business Politics in Nazi Germany
H. James Chapter 4. The Chemistry of Business-State Relations in the Third Reich
P. Hayes Chapter 5. The Business of Genocide: The SS, Slavery, and the Concentrations Camps
M. T. Allen Chapter 6. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Issue of Compensation: The Case of Ford and Nazi Germany
S. Reich Chapter 7. Writing the History of Business in the Third Reich: Past Achievements and Future Directions
V. R. Berghahn Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
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"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
