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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      07 September 2009
      23 March 2001
      ISBN:
      9780511511875
      9780521803298
      9780521027304
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511875
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 282 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.422kg, 284 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Military History, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
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    Area Studies, Military History, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
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    The Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest financial institution, played an important role in the expropriation of Jewish-owned enterprises during the Nazi dictatorship, both in the existing territories of Germany, and in the area seized by the German army during World War II. In this 2001 book Harold James uses new and previously unavailable materials, many from the bank's own archives, to examine policies which led to the eventual genocide of European Jews. How far did the realization of the vicious and destructive Nazi ideology depend on the acquiescence, the complicity, and the cupidity of existing economic institutions, and individuals? In response to the traditional view that business co-operation with the Nazi regime was motivated by profit, this book closely examines the behaviour of the bank and its individuals to suggest other motivations. No comparable study exists of a single company's involvement in the economic persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany.

    Reviews

    ‘Harold James’s new book … is a clearly written, solidly reasoned business history that merits broad attention … He has dealt with an extremely sensitive topic with great care.’

    Source: German History

    ’This important work by James demonstrate the value of continuing to focus scholarly labours on interpreting and elucidating the implications and consequences of the National Socialist dictatorship … very significant contributions to this literature …’.

    Source: Financial History Review

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