Army, Industry and Labour in Germany, 1914-1918

Army, Industry and Labour in Germany, 1914-1918
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 609
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ISBN-10 : 9781472577986
ISBN-13 : 1472577981
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Army, Industry and Labour in Germany, 1914-1918 by : Gerald Feldman

This innovative study by one of the leading specialists in the field examines the social and economic role of the German army in the nation's internal affairs during the First World War. This was the area in which the influence of the army was most direct and profound. Germany's wartime economic mobilisation was both planned and directed by the army, and as a consequence of this largely unanticipated responsibility, the army was compelled to cope with the great social conflicts of Imperial Germany. In the process of confronting the groups representing army and labour, the army paved the way for the establishment of collective bargaining in Germany and also created the foundations for the postwar inflation.

Army, Industry and Labour in Germany

Army, Industry and Labour in Germany
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Total Pages : 572
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ISBN-10 : LCCN:xcc00004380
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Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Army, Industry and Labour in Germany by : Gerald Donald Feldman

Working for the Enemy

Working for the Enemy
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 1845450132
ISBN-13 : 9781845450137
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Working for the Enemy by : Reinhold Billstein

General Motors, the largest corporation on earth today, has been the owner since 1929 of Adam Opel AG, Russelsheim, the maker of Opel cars. Ford Motor Company in 1931 built the Ford Werke factory in Cologne, now the headquarters of European Ford. In this book, historians tell the astonishing story of what happened at Opel and Ford Werke under the Third Reich, and of the aftermath today. Long before the Second World War, key American executives at Ford and General Motors were eager to do business with Nazi Germany. Ford Werke and Opel became indispensable suppliers to the German armed forces, together providing most of the trucks that later motorized the Nazi attempt to conquer Europe. After the outbreak of war in 1939, Opel converted its largest factory to warplane parts production, and both companies set up extensive maintenance and repair networks to help keep the war machine on wheels. During the war, the Nazi Reich used millions of POWs, civilians from German-occupied countries, and concentration camp prisoners as forced laborers in the German homefront economy. Starting in 1940, Ford Werke and Opel also made use of thousands of forced laborers. POWs and civilian detainees, deported to Germany by the Nazi authorities, were kept at private camps owned and managed by the companies. In the longest section of the book, ten people who were forced to work at Ford Werke recall their experiences in oral testimonies. For more than fifty years, legal and political obstacles frustrated efforts to gain compensation for Nazi-era forced labor; in the most recent case, a $12 billion lawsuit was filed against the computer giant I.B.M. by a group of Gypsy organizations. In 1998, former forced laborers filed dozens of class action lawsuits against German corporations in U.S. courts. The concluding chapter reviews the subsequent, immensely complex negotiations towards a settlement - which involved Germany, the United States, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Israel and several other countries, as well as dozens of well-known German corporations.

Macht Arbeit Frei?

Macht Arbeit Frei?
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Publisher : Jews of Poland
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 1618119567
ISBN-13 : 9781618119568
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Macht Arbeit Frei? by : Witold Mędykowski

This is the first ever study to address Jewish forced labor in the General Government (Poland) during the Holocaust, and its consequences on the Nazi regime. A fascinating book about mutual dependence of economics and warfare during one of the most difficult periods in human history.

Army, Industry, and Labor in Germany, 1914-1918

Army, Industry, and Labor in Germany, 1914-1918
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 069105102X
ISBN-13 : 9780691051024
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Synopsis Army, Industry, and Labor in Germany, 1914-1918 by : Gerald D. Feldman

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Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the Global Humanitarian Regime

Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the Global Humanitarian Regime
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9781107095571
ISBN-13 : 1107095573
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Cold War Germany, the Third World, and the Global Humanitarian Regime by : Young-sun Hong

This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War.

Recycling the Disabled

Recycling the Disabled
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Publisher : Disability History
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1526106779
ISBN-13 : 9781526106773
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Recycling the Disabled by : Heather R. Perry

Examines the "medical organisation" of Imperial Germany for total war

Hitler's Slaves

Hitler's Slaves
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 567
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ISBN-10 : 9781845459901
ISBN-13 : 1845459903
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Hitler's Slaves by : Alexander von Plato

During World War II at least 13.5 million people were employed as forced labourers in Germany and across the territories occupied by the German Reich. Most came from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldavia, the Baltic countries, France, Poland and Italy. Among them were 8.4 million civilians working for private companies and public agencies in industry, administration and agriculture. In addition, there were 4.6 million prisoners of war and 1.7 million concentration camp prisoners who were either subjected to forced labour in concentration or similar camps or were ‘rented out’ or sold by the SS. While there are numerous publications on forced labour in National Socialist Germany during World War II, this publication combines a historical account of events with the biographies and memories of former forced labourers from twenty-seven countries, offering a comparative international perspective.