Kredite für den Wiederaufbau. Die Reichswirtschaftshilfe in der Saarpfalz, in Lothringen und im Elsass, 1940-1942

Stein Luise ()
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Stein Luise: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaft, Historisches Institut, Europäische Geschichte, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2016, vol. 57, issue 1, 275-297

Abstract: This article investigates the Reich Economic Aid (“Reichswirtschaftshilfe”) which offered state-guaranteed bank loans to companies in Alsace, Lorraine and the Saar region from 1940 onwards. Following the French defeat, these companies suffered from a lack of capital. This lack was caused by the evacuations of the border region at the beginning of the Second World War and war destruction. First, the article examines the political and legal conditions of the Reichswirtschaftshilfe in the Altreich and the annexed regions. This contribution then focuses on Alsace and Lorraine. It is examined how the loans granted in Strasbourg and Metz reflected German economic policies pursued in annexed territories, ranging from material reconstruction to ideological reorganization of the local economies.

Keywords: De-facto-Annexion; Kredite; Wiederaufbau; NS-Wirtschaftspolitik (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/jbwg-2016-0012

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