The Degussa corporation played a pivotal role in the processing of plundered precious metals in Nazi-occupied Europe and controlled the production and distribution of Zyklon B, the infamous pesticide used to gas the inmates of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps, during the Third Reich. Peter Hayes traces the extent of the corporation's involvement in these and other Nazi war crimes, including the Aryanization of Jewish-owned property and the exploitation of forced labor, and delineates the motivations for such conduct.
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"Like his critical study of IG Farben, Hayesas new work on the German corporation Degussa stands at the intersection of business and political history. Hayes raises many important questions, still valid today, about business partnerships. Recommended." CHOICE May 2005
"...the most mature study of a single German firm under National Socialism currently available, and its conclusions regarding the relationships between business and the Nazi government more generally are likely to stand the test of time." Business History Review, Jeffrey Lewis, Ohio State University
"a meticulously documented book" The International History Review Feldafing
"this fine book is a long overdue contribution to our knowledge of how National Socialism affected specific sectors of German society...Hayes has done a mangificent job in explaining the complexity of Degussa'a situation, and if we cannot look on its plight with much sympathy, we can at least do it with understanding." - Decian O'Reilly, Michigan State University
"...the most mature study of a single German firm under National Socialism currently available, and its conclusions regarding the relationships between business and the Nazi government more generally are likely to stand the test of time." Business History Review, Jeffrey Lewis, Ohio State University
"a meticulously documented book" The International History Review Feldafing
"this fine book is a long overdue contribution to our knowledge of how National Socialism affected specific sectors of German society...Hayes has done a mangificent job in explaining the complexity of Degussa'a situation, and if we cannot look on its plight with much sympathy, we can at least do it with understanding." - Decian O'Reilly, Michigan State University
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From Cooperation to Complicity is a study of the Degussa corporation, a firm which played a pivotal role in the processing of plundered precious metals in Nazi-occupied Europe and controlled the production and distribution of Zyklon B, the infamous pesticide used to gas the inmates of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps, during the Third Reich. The author traces the extent of the corporation's involvement in these and other Nazi war crimes, including the Aryanization of Jewish-owned property and the exploitation of forced labor, and delineates the motivations for such conduct.
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Contradictory as it sounds, in the era of the world wars, Degussa was a rather little big business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
smelting fees, precious metals division, metal hardeners, managing board meeting, monthly tons, tax rebate certificates, precious metals operations, refining fees, yearly tons, carbon black factory, precious metals sector, carbon black production, precious metals business, precious metals industry, managing board members, precious metals refineries, circulation chambers, ceramic colors, dental gold, warning agent, tire makers, supervisory board, acetone cyanohydrin, uranium metal, balance sheet value Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hermann Schlosser, Fritz Roessler, Third Reich, World War, Hans Menzel, National Bank, Zur Geschichte, New York, Bericht des Vorstandes, Ernst Baerwind, Economics Ministry, Ernst Busemann, Gerhard Peters, National Socialism, Pawnshop Action, Four Year Plan, Busemann's Notiz, Norddeutsche Affinerie, Peter Hayes, Robert Pross, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Gasrusswerke, Dresdner Bank, Hans Schneider, United States New!
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Contradictory as it sounds, in the era of the world wars, Degussa was a rather little big business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
smelting fees, precious metals division, metal hardeners, managing board meeting, monthly tons, tax rebate certificates, precious metals operations, refining fees, yearly tons, carbon black factory, precious metals sector, carbon black production, precious metals business, precious metals industry, managing board members, precious metals refineries, circulation chambers, ceramic colors, dental gold, warning agent, tire makers, supervisory board, acetone cyanohydrin, uranium metal, balance sheet value Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hermann Schlosser, Fritz Roessler, Third Reich, World War, Hans Menzel, National Bank, Zur Geschichte, New York, Bericht des Vorstandes, Ernst Baerwind, Economics Ministry, Ernst Busemann, Gerhard Peters, National Socialism, Pawnshop Action, Four Year Plan, Busemann's Notiz, Norddeutsche Affinerie, Peter Hayes, Robert Pross, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Gasrusswerke, Dresdner Bank, Hans Schneider, United States New!
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- War and Economy in the Third Reich by R. J. Overy on page 112, page 135, and page 239
- Enterprise in the Period of Fascism in Europe (Studies in Banking History) by Harold James on page 28, and page 114
- German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. on page 23, and page 47
- Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich by Dr. Neil Gregor PhD (History) in Front Matter, and page 271
- Speer: The Final Verdict by Joachim Fest on page 311
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- Gray Zones: Ambiguity and Compromise in the Holocaust and its Aftermath (War & Genocide) by Jonathan Petropoulos on page 21, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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