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The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich

The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich

A History of the German National Railway Volume 2, 1933-1945

by Alfred C. Mierzejewski
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/12/2000

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The largest enterprise in the capitalist world between 1920 and 1945, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) was at the centre of events in a period of great turmoil in Germany. The second volume of the history of the Reichsbahn offers an account of the national railway under Hitler's regime. Miersejewski uses sources that include Nazi Party membership records and Reichsbahn internal memoranda to explore the railway's operations, finance and political and social roles from 1933 to 1945. He examines the Reichsbahn's role in German rearmament, its own lack of preparations for war, and its participation in Germany's military operation. He shows that despite successfully resisting Nazi efforts to politicize its internal functions, the Reichsbahn cooperated with the government's anti-Semitic policies. Indeed, the railway played a crucial role in the Holocaust by supporting the construction and operation of the Nazi death camps and by transporting Jews and other victims to them.
ISBN:
9780807825747
9780807825747
Category:
Railway transport industries
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
30-12-2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
280
Dimensions (mm):
235x156x26mm
Weight:
0.6kg

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