Business and Industry in Nazi Germany / / ed. by Francis R. Nicosia, Jonathan Huener.

• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Michael Thad,; Berghahn, Volker R.,; Feldman, Gerald D.,; Hayes, Peter,; Huener, Jonathan,; James, Harold,; Nicosia, Francis R.,; Reich, Simon,
• HerausgeberIn: Huener, Jonathan,; Nicosia, Francis R.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION Business and Industry in Nazi Germany in Historiographical Context -- Chapter One FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN NAZI GERMANY Reluctant or Willing Collaborators? -- Chapter Two BANKS AND BUSINESS POLITICS IN NAZI GERMANY -- Chapter Three THE CHEMISTRY OF BUSINESS-STATE RELATIONS IN THE THIRD REICH -- Chapter Four THE BUSINESS OF GENOCIDE The SS, Slavery, and the Concentration Camps -- Chapter Five CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ISSUE OF COMPENSATION The Case of Ford and Nazi Germany -- Chapter Six WRITING THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS IN THE THIRD REICH Past Achievements and Future Directions -- Appendixes -- APPENDIX A Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, 7 April 1933 -- APPENDIX B The Leadership of the German Government on the Effect on the Economy of German Policy toward the Jews, August 1935 -- APPENDIX C The Launching of the Four-Year Plan, August to September 1936 -- APPENDIX D The Structure of Business Organization -- APPENDIX E Regulation for the Elimination of the Jews from the Economic Life of Germany, 12 November 1938 -- APPENDIX F An “Aryanization” Contract -- APPENDIX G German Court Order Declaring Ford-Werke Enemy Property and Placing It under Nazi Custodianship -- APPENDIX H Research Findings about Ford-Werke under the Nazi Regime -- CONTRIBUTORS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX