LEADER 04761cam a2200517 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20230223113641.0 008 060707s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2006046672 020 0805079262 020 9780805079265 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |beng 041 1 eng |hger 042 lcac 043 e-gx---e------e-sz--- 050 00 HC286.4 |b.A613 2007 082 00 330.943/086 |222 100 1 Aly, Götz, |d1947- 240 10 Hitlers Volksstaat. |lEnglish 245 10 Hitler's beneficiaries : |bplunder, racial war, and the Nazi welfare state / |cGötz Aly ; translated by Jefferson Chase. 250 1st U.S. ed. 260 New York : |bMetropolitan, |c2007. 300 viii, 431 p. : |bill. ; |c25 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-416) and index. 505 0 Part I. Political Opportunists in Action. 1. The Dream of a Peopleʾs Empire -- 2. The Accommodating Dictatorship -- Part II. Subjugation and Exploitation. 3. With Unwavering Efficiency -- 4. Profits for the People -- 5. The Mainstay: Western Europe -- 6. Room for Expansion: Eastern Europe -- Part III. The Dispossession of the Jews. 7. Larceny as a State Principle -- 8. Laundering Money for the Wehrmacht -- 9. Subsidies to and from Germanyʾs Allies -- 10. The Trail of Gold -- Part IV. Crimes for the Benefit of the People -- 11. The Fruits of Evil -- 12. Speculative Politics -- 13. Nazi Socialism -- A Note on Calculations -- Currency Exchange Rates. 520 In this groundbreaking book, distinguished historian Gotz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Adolf Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans for his program of mass murder and military conquest? The answer Aly provides is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale, and by channeling the proceeds into a succession of generous social programs, Hitler literally bought the consent of the German people. Drawing on secret Nazi files and unexamined financial records, Aly shows that while Jews and citizens of occupied lands suffered crippling taxation, mass looting, enslavement, and destruction, most Germans enjoyed a marked improvement in their standard of living. He documents the many millions of packages soldiers sent from the front stuffed with valuables and provisions; the systematic plunder of conquered territory for raw materials, industrial goods, and food supplies; and the disappearance of Jewish property and fortunes into German homes and pockets across the Reich. Whatever moral qualms Germans may have felt toward Nazi policies were swept away by waves of government handouts, tax breaks, and preferential legislation. 520 Aly depicts a Nazi leadership addicted to the spoils of invasion, annexation and dispossession. He shows that the pace and timing of Nazi conquests-from the Anschluss of Austria to the annexation of the Czech Sudetenland-were dictated by the rapidly escalating financial needs of the German war machine. Time and again, warnings of an imminent financial collapse spurred the Third Reich to ever more desperate and brazen acts of thievery and destruction. A gripping work of scrupulous erudition and great historical importance, Hitlerʾs Beneficiaries explains the inexplicable, making a radically new contribution to our understanding of Nazi aggression, the Holocaust and the complicity of a people. From the book jacket. 580 The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection 650 0 National socialism |xPhilosophy. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xDestruction and pillage |zEurope. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xEconomic aspects |zSwitzerland. 650 0 Jewish property |zEurope |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xEconomic aspects. 651 0 Germany |xEconomic policy |y1933-1945. 651 0 Germany |xPolitics and government |y1933-1945. 856 41 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2006046672.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006046672-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006046672-d.html 856 41 |3Sample text |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2006046672-s.html 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6330_943000000000000_086_ALY |70 |8GEN |9161365OSA |bOSA |d2023-02-07 |eComFas |l0 |o330.943/086 ALY |r2023-02-07 |w2023-02-07 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 BXndAre2 992 01 330_943000000000000_086_ALY |bWWZ_QVWZZZZZZZZZZZZ_ZRT_PE1 966 |cIn the Research Room