The most valuable asset of the Reich. Volume 2, 1933-1945 : a history of the German National Railway / by Alfred C. Mierzejewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mierzejewski, Alfred C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deutsche Reichsbahn (Germany).

Railroads and state--Germany.

Railroads and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The largest enterprise in the capitalist world between 1920 and 1945, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway) was at the center of events in a period of great turmoil in Germany. In this, the second volume of his comprehensive history of the Reichsbahn, Alfred Mierzejewski offers the first complete account of the national railway under Hitler's regime. Mierzejewski uses sources that include Nazi Party membership records and Reichsbahn internal memoranda to explore the railway's operations, finances, and political and social roles from 1933 to 1945. He examines the Reichsbahn'

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The Coordination of the Reichsbahn, 1933-1939; 2. The Reichsbahn in the Period of Rearmament, Job Creation, and Motorization, 1933-1939; 3. The Reichsbahn in War and Holocaust, 1939-1945; Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890872340

9780807860885

0807860883

OCLC:

808774541