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1.   The Hereditary Farm Law (September 29, 1933)
Even before Hitler’s seizure of power, German farmers occupied a special place within the Nazi worldview....
2.   Hitler’s Confidential Memo on Autarky (August 1936)
Although the name of Hitler’s party suggests a socialist management of the economy, he did not advocate a specific economic doctrine in the traditional sense. Nonetheless, the fundamental goal of....
3.   Excerpts from the Minutes of a Meeting between the Working Group of the Economic Team of the Iron-Making Industry and Hermann Göring on an Increase in Iron Production (March 17, 1937)
While the war preparations of the 1930s boosted most sectors of the German economy, heavy industry benefited from the armament....
4.   The Sopade Report on the Mood among Workers (September 1938)
Hitler understood that a general economic upswing – and the drop in unemployment that would follow –....
5.   Hans Kehrl Describes the Fragmented and Inefficient Management of the German Economy in the Fall of 1940 (Retrospective account, 1973)
Like all other political areas, German economic and armaments planning was characterized by a multitude of competing authorities – a situation that on the one hand gave rise to great flexibility,....
6.   Fritz Sauckel's Labor Mobilization Program (April 20, 1942)
To remedy Germany’s labor shortage, foreign workers were recruited for German industry and agriculture....
7.   Martin Bormann’s Circular of May 5, 1943, which included a Memorandum on the General Principles Governing the Treatment of Foreign Laborers Employed in the Reich (dated April 15, 1943)
The situation on the Eastern Front worsened after the defeat of the German army near Stalingrad. As a result, Goebbels....
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