The Vampire Economy

INDEX

Abyssinia, 261

Administration for Self-Help of German Industry, 95, 230

Agrarians in Nazi Germany, 10-11, 74

Agriculture in Nazi Germany, 74, 77-8, 205, 314-7

Alpine Montanwerke, 131

Armaments; see War

Army

Efficiency of, 104

Interference in industry, 93-4, 106, 111

Role of, in Nazi Germany, 275-90

See also War

Artisans in Nazi Germany, 32-4, 64-5, 131

Aski mark; see Blocked mark

Austria

Anschluss with Germany, 259-60

Factories of, taken over by Germany, 133

Foreign rights in, after Anschluss, 258

Gold and foreign exchange of, seized by Germany, 256

Imports into, 249

Iron and steel industry of, 131

Autarchy, 190-212, 283

Automobile industry, 133-6, 211

Banking

Activities of German banks, 183

In Nazi Germany, 154-74, 181

Relation of banks to Stock Exchange, 183

Barter, 58, 218-22, 225, 228-9, 320

Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik, 127-8

Blocked mark, 221-2, 224, 226-7, 240-1, 250-1

Bonds; see Interest rates, Investments, Securities

Brabag, 129

Brassert, H. A., & Co., 130

Braunkohlen-Benzin, A. G., 129

Bribery, 21-43

Brinkmann, Rudolf, 162-3, 292-3, 297, 305-8

Brownshirts, see S. A.

Building industry, 59-60, 80-1

Buna; see Rubber, artificial

Bureaucracy, 14, 34, 39, 94-6, 291-304

Business

And bureaucracy, 34, 39, 63, 94-5, 291-313

And Party leaders, 29-31

Courts of Honor to settle disputes, 19

Decline in number of firms, 184

Government interference in, 92-7, 291-327

Capital

Formation of, 166-7

Investment of, 125-174

Cell wool, 197-205

Cement industry, 136, 138

Clothing industry, 79-80, 81-2, 203-4

Combination deals, 68-71, 85

Commissar for Foreign Currency, 53

Commissars, 65, 97, see also names

of commissars

Consumer and price control, 86-8

Contact men, 44-51, 58

Corporations

Decline in number of, 184-5

Growth in size of, in Italy, 186

In Nazi Germany, 187-9

Cost-of-Living index, 87

Council of Trusted Men, 116

Courts of Honor, 19

Credit, laws on, 159

Currency; see Foreign exchange

Czechoslovakia

Banking, 270-1

Business, 272

Gold and foreign exchange of, seized by Germany, 256-7

Industry, 265-7, 269-73

Results of seizure by Germany, 260-1

Daits, Werner, 30

Debts, foreign, 241-3, 250-1, 271

Debt, public, 171, 212

Depreciation of industrial plant, 138-9

Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 40

Deutsche Arbeitskorrespondenz, 88

Deutsche Bank & Disconto Gesellschaft, 30, 156, 271

Deutsche Bergwerks Zeitung, 40

Deutsche Handelsrundschau, 69

Deutsche Juristenzeitung, 15

Deutsche Polizei, 84

Deutsche Volkswirtschaft, 135, 141-2

Deutsche Wirtschaftszeitung, 121

Dresdner Bank, 140, 181

Dyckerhoff Portland Zement Werke, A. G., 138

Eher, Franz, Publishing Co., 38

Elite Guards; see S. S.

Ersatz, 190-212

Estates; see Group organization

Export Subsidy Fund, 230-2

Export trade; see Foreign trade

Fats, synthetic, 211-2

Fischer, Christian, 157

Food Ministry, 95

Foreign exchange, 220, 229-30, 248-9, 256-7

Foreign trade, 48-9, 213-252

Subsidized exports, 229-34

Four-Year Plan, 52-3, 55-6, 91-3, 126-7, 135, 182

Frankfurter Zeitung, 40, 46, 136-7, 149

Funk, Walter, 96, 247

Gasoline

Estimated war needs of, 208

Synthetic, production of, 128-9, 206-8

Gesellschaft zur Foerderung des deutschen Volkswagens, 134

Gestapo, 29

Goebbels, Josef, 37

Goering, Hermann, 91, 97, 127, 129

Goering, Hermann, Reich Iron Works, 129-33, 258

Gold, seized in Austria and Czechoslovakia, 256-7

Government offices, partial list of, 94-5

Grain, prices of, 74, 77, 225

Greece, trade relations with, 226-7

Group organizations, 66-7, 98-100

Gustloff, Hermann Wilhelm, Stiftung, 258

Heidrich, ——, 36-7

Hess, Rudolph, 15, 37

Hitler, Adolf, 37-8, 133

Hitler Youth, 29

Hours of labor, 7, 112, 121-2

Hugenberg, Alfred, 38

I. G. Farbenindustrie, A. G., 40, 128, 272

Ilgner, Max, 47

Imperialism of Nazi Germany, 251-74

Import trade; see Foreign trade

Industry

Austrian and Czech, 258-62, 265-7, 272-3

In eastern Germany, 149

In Nazi Germany, 90-153

In prewar Germany, 195, 245

Shift in location of, 148-9

Socialization of, 90-2

Inflation, 172-3

Insurance companies, 166-8

Interest rates, 164-5, 171-2

Investment, 125-174, see also Securities, Stock Exchange

Iron and steel

Financing of new factories, 130-1

In Austria, 131

Production of, 129-32

Scarcity of, 57-9

Kaffee Haag, 146

Kammgarnspinnerei Stoehr, A. G., 141

Keppler, ——, 91, 129

Koelnische Zeitung, 52

Kraft durch Freude; see Strength through Joy

Labor

Attitude toward war, 102

Dissatisfaction with regime, 102-3

Distrust of Party members, 108

Lack of freedom in hiring, 109-10

Scarcity of, 111-2, 115

Labor Exchange, 110-11

Labor Front, 88, 111, 116-8, 120

Labor relations, 101-24

Latin America, trade relations with, 222, 224, 227-8, 269

Leaders of Defense Economy, 93-5

Mark; see Blocked mark

Market Association for German Forest and Wood Economy, 60

Ministry of Economics, 94-5

Monopoly, protected by State, 33-4

National Foreign Trade Council, New York, 228

National Socialism, 13-4

National Socialist Party, 10-20

Bribery, 27

Interference in industry, 108, 112-3, 118-20

Leaders of, above law, 18, 28-9

National interest, 13, 41-2

Newspapers, 39-41

Nonnenbruch, Fritz, 13

Norddeutscher Lloyd Shipping Co., 242

N. S. D. A. P.; see National Socialist Party

Office for German Materials, 53

Office for Iron and Steel Supply, 53

Oils, mineral, 206, 208

Parker, A., 95-6

Payment Agreements, 242

People’s automobile, 133-6

Planned economy, 92-3, 286-8, 305-27

Price Commissar, 53, 71-2, 75-89, 141

Price Stop Decree, 72-3

Prices

Building materials, 80-1

Clothing, 78-9, 81-2

Control of, 68-89

Fertilizer, 78

Grain, 74, 77, 225

Shoes, 87-8

Railways, condition of, 149-152

Raw materials, 52-67

Barter within Germany, 58

Barter with foreign countries, 213-52

Imports of, 53-4, 197

Results of shortage of, 142

Raw Material Boards, 53

Reich Association of the Building Trades, 80

Reich Association of the German Clothing Industry, 79

Reich Association of the German Textile Industry, 58

Reich Economic Chamber, 95

Reich Estate for German Handicrafts, 65

Reich Foreign Exchange Board, 230, 233

Reich Group of German Artisans, 131

Reich Nutrition Estate, 87, 95

Reichsbank, 14-5, 53, 95, 159-63

Reichsmark; see Blocked mark Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft, 87

Retail trade, 83-5

Retailer in Nazi Germany, 31, 33, 83-5

Revolution, 8

Rubber

Artificial, 126-7, 141-2, 208-11

Imports of, 209-10

Scarcity of, 61

Rumania, trade relations with, 224-5, 267-8

S. A., 17, 29

Schacht, Hjalmar, 14-5, 85, 158-62, 217-8, 237-8, 240, 299-300

Schmitt, Kurt, 14

Schultheiss Brewery, 146-7

Secret State Police; see Gestapo

Securities, 175-89; issued in 1936-38, 165

Self-Help of German Industry; see Administration for Self-Help of German Industry

Self-sufficiency; see Autarchy

Silk, attempt to produce in Germany, 192-3

Society for the Promotion of the German People’s Automobile, 134

S. S., 17, 84

Stahlverein, 129, 131, 157

Statist, 138

Steel; see Iron and steel

Steel trust; see Stahlverein

Stock Exchange, 175-189

Stocks; see Investments, Securities

Strength through Joy, 101

Supervisory boards, 53, 57

Tax certificates, 144, 172

Taxation, 31-2, 140-1

Textile industry, 140-2, 197-205

Thomas, Eugene P., 228

Thyssen, Fritz, 30, 129, 156

Turkey, trade relations with, 226

United States, trade relations with, 221-2, 246-7

Union of German Civil Servants, 16

Urgency certificates, 54-5, 57

Vereinigte Glanzstoffwerke, A. G., 141

Vierjahresplan, Der, 92

Voelkischer Beobachter, 4, 9, 40

Volkswagen, 133-6, 211

Wagner, Joseph, 72-3

War, 8, 90-3, 103-4, 275-290, 325

War Department Business Council, 53

War Economic Council, 90, 95, 131, 134

Weber, Christian, 36

Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer, 93-4

Weigelt, Kurt, 30

Wholesaler, 49-50

Wirtschaftskurve, Die, 132

Wood, 60, 205

Wool, 205