Hitler's Beneficiaries
How the Nazis Bought the German People
Seiten
2016
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78478-634-2 (ISBN)
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-78478-634-2 (ISBN)
A stunning account of the economic workings of the Third Reich-and the reasons ordinary Germans supported the Nazi state
How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale-and by channelling the proceeds into generous social programmes-Hitler bought his people's consent. Drawing on secret files and financial records, Götz Aly shows that while Jews and people of occupied lands suffered crippling taxation, mass looting, enslavement, and destruction, most Germans enjoyed a much-improved standard of living. Buoyed by the millions of packages soldiers sent from the front, Germans also benefited from the systematic plunder of conquered territory and the transfer of Jewish possessions into their homes and pockets. Any qualms were swept away by waves of government handouts, tax breaks, and preferential legislation. Gripping and significant, Hitler's Beneficiaries makes a radically new contribution to our understanding of Nazi aggression, the Holocaust, and the complicity of a people.
How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive. By engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale-and by channelling the proceeds into generous social programmes-Hitler bought his people's consent. Drawing on secret files and financial records, Götz Aly shows that while Jews and people of occupied lands suffered crippling taxation, mass looting, enslavement, and destruction, most Germans enjoyed a much-improved standard of living. Buoyed by the millions of packages soldiers sent from the front, Germans also benefited from the systematic plunder of conquered territory and the transfer of Jewish possessions into their homes and pockets. Any qualms were swept away by waves of government handouts, tax breaks, and preferential legislation. Gripping and significant, Hitler's Beneficiaries makes a radically new contribution to our understanding of Nazi aggression, the Holocaust, and the complicity of a people.
Respected historian of the Third Reich and the Holocaust, Gotz Aly's books include Architects of Annihilation. Winner of Germany's prestigious Heinrich Mann prize, Aly currently teaches at the University of Frankfurt.
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.10.2016 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 483 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78478-634-9 / 1784786349 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78478-634-2 / 9781784786342 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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