Industry and Ideology: I. G. Farben in the Nazi EraThe power of big business in the Third Reich economy remains one of the most important issues of that disastrous era. Drawing on prodigious research in German corporate and government archives, Peter Hayes argues that the IG Farben chemicals combine, Nazi Germany's largest corporation, proved unable to influence national policy outside the firm's sphere of expertise. Indeed, the most infamous aspects of Nazi policy occurred despite IG Farben's advocacy of alternative courses of action. Nonetheless, Farben grew rich under the Nazi regime and was directly involved in some of its greatest crimes. This edition has a new preface that incorporates new developments and research in the field. |
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Contents
The nascent concern 18601933 | 1 |
1 Origins and organization | 7 |
2 The search for stability | 32 |
The national revival 19331936 | 69 |
3 Revolution and reflation | 81 |
4 From Schacht to Goring | 125 |
The nervous years 19361939 | 163 |
5 Autarky and atomization | 175 |
Epilogue | 377 |
Appendixes | 385 |
Manufacturing plants and mines of IG Farben 1929 | 386 |
Organization of IG Farben 1931 | 388 |
Initial structure of the Four Year Plan 1936 | 389 |
Militarization of IG Farbens investments | 390 |
Organization of IG Farben 19381945 | 391 |
Organization of Berlin NW7 1937 | 392 |
The Nazi empire 19381944 | 213 |
6 Greater Germany | 219 |
7 The New Order | 266 |
The nature of war 19391945 | 319 |
8 Commerce and complicity | 325 |
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