Episode 194 - Merchants of Death

A sudden transformation of the economy needed collaborators to be carried out in such a short time frame as the Nazis were demanding. And it also demanded a closer relationship between the state and capital, leading to an unholy alliance that brought out the worst in both the German business class and the upper echelons of the Nazi government. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Tooze, Adam Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Penguin Books 2006
2. Evans, Richard J. The Third Reich in Power Penguin Press 2005
3. Jeffreys, Diarmuid Hell's Cartel: IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine Metropolitan Books 2008
4. Manchester, William The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968 Little, Brown, and Company 1968
5. Kershaw, Ian Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris W.W. Norton and Company 1998
6. Kershaw, Ian Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis W.W. Norton and Company 2000

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