A vivid, page-turning account, HITLER AND HIS SECRET PARTNERS may also be one of our era's most important works of history. Pool discloses the shocking and often bizarre financial strategies and relationships that enabled Hitler to consolidate his power and perpetuate his reign of terror.
HITLER AND HIS SECRET PARTNERS reveals that the greatest tragedy of the twentieth century was driven in large part by economics - by the desire to hoard wealth as well as power. Those who reaped the rewards - whether peasant, prince or politician - share equally in the criminal consequences of Nazism. Meticulously researched and thoroughly documented, this remarkable and monumental volume is sure to provoke controversy and have a substantial impact for decades to come. Here for the first time, is the full story of the financial calculation, exploitation, and greed at the core of the Third Reich, and of an amassed legacy that continues to make headlines with the recent emergence of Nazi accounts in Swiss banks. Discover the explosive truth about the men and women who provided Hitler with money and moral support - and what they received in return.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART I
CHAPTER 1 Financing the 1933 ElectionsCHAPTER 2 Steps Toward DictatorshipCHAPTER 3 Hitler Was Given His OrdersCHAPTER 4 Did the King of England Help Hitler Rearm?CHAPTER 5 Who Got the Confiscated Jewish Property?CHAPTER 6 Hitler's Extravagance and CorruptionCHAPTER 7 Easy Prey -- Big Profits
PART II
CHAPTER 8 Victory and Looting in Poland and the WestCHAPTER 9 Foreign Friends: Kennedy, Lindbergh, and the WindsorsCHAPTER 10 Wealth to Be Won in RussiaCHAPTER 11 Motives for GenocideCHAPTER 12 "Generals Know Nothing About Economics"CHAPTER 13 Who Profited from the Holocaust?CHAPTER 14 The "Good Germans" and Hitler's Drug AbuseCHAPTER 15 Hitler's Partners Turn Against Him
ENDNOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
