Suchergebnisse

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Preis für Unternehmensgeschichte 2017 Kurz nach Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden hunderttausende Bewohner der Grenzregionen zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich evakuiert. Das Buch nimmt diese ersten Zwangsmigrationen des Krieges in den Blick und betrachtet dabei die Unternehmen aus den Evakuierungsgebieten: Wie autonom agierten sie angesichts der Ausnahmesituation? Davon ausgehend analysiert es Funktionsweisen der deutschen und der französischen Kriegsgesellschaft.

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.

This article investigates the Reich Economic Aid ("\(\it Reichswirtschaftshilfe\)") 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 \(\it Reichswirtschaftshilfe\) in the \(\it Altreich\) 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.