Hitler's Gold: The Story of the Nazi War Loot by Arthur Smith (English) Paperbac

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Nazi Germany utilized every available resource to fight the Second World War, and one significant weapon in Hitler's economic arsenal was gold - gold looted from the central banks of those European countries which were occupied by the Nazi regime between 1939 and 1942. This book presents the economic history of the Second World War.

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Nazi Germany utilized every available resource to fight the Second World War, and one significant weapon in Hitler's economic arsenal was gold - gold looted from the central banks of those European countries which were occupied by the Nazi regime between 1939 and 1942. Calculated at pre-1939 prices, the Germans gained access to about $625 million (US) in monetary gold, only about half of which was recovered by American Forces in April 1945 from a mine in central Germany. The 'Gold War' did not end then, however; it just assumed a different shape. Instead of fuelling Hitler's war effort, the recovered gold soon became a pawn in the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union and has remained a controversial issue in international politics for years, one not completely resolved to this day.Although this is an important aspect of the Second World War and its aftermath, it has been largely neglected in historical research because of the lack of adequate source materials. The author succeeded in gaining access to hitherto unavailable but crucial records from archives in West Germany, Britain and the United States and is thus in a position to piece together, for the first time, the story of the Nazi gold loot and the long, complicated restitution of part of this gold by the Western Allies. Hitler's Gold represents an essential contribution to the economic history of the Second World War.

Author Biography

Arthur Smith

Review

'Smith resists any sensationalist temptations and provides us with an extremely detailed account of Nazi subterfuge and Allied duplicity.'''An important book....there is a need for works such as this.It is a terse and dispassionate study .'Religious studies ReviewNicholas Hill, H&H Series

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Also available in hardback, 9780854966011 GBP50.00 (October, 1989)

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"Smith resists any sensationalist temptations and provides us with an extremely detailed account of Nazi subterfuge and Allied duplicity."''An important book....there is a need for works such as this.It is a terse and dispassionate study .'Religious studies ReviewNicholas Hill, H&H Series

Details ISBN1859739210 Author Arthur Smith Pages 256 Year 1996 ISBN-10 1859739210 ISBN-13 9781859739211 Format Paperback Publication Date 1996-11-01 Imprint Berg Publishers Subtitle The Story of the Nazi War Loot Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 364.138 Illustrations bibliography, index Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Media Book Language English Short Title HITLERS GOLD DOI 10.1604/9781859739211 UK Release Date 1996-11-01 AU Release Date 1996-11-01 NZ Release Date 1996-11-01 Translator Fred Robertson Edited by Elena Zaytseva Death 1936 Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Audience General We've got this

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