Lobbying Hitler: two managers of industrial associations between democracy and dictatorship

From 1933 onward, Nazi Germany undertook massive and unprecedented industrial integration, submitting an entire economic sector to direct state oversight. This innovative study explores how German professionals navigated this complex landscape through the divergent careers of business managers in two of the era’s most important trade organizations. While Jakob Reichert of the iron and steel industry unexpectedly resisted state control and was eventually driven to suicide, Karl Lange of the machine builders’ association achieved security for himself and his industry by submitting to the Nazi regime. Both men’s stories illuminate the options available to industrialists under the Third Reich, as well as the real priorities set by the industries they served. This Book Focuses On Two Major Industrialists And Their Respective Industries During The Rise And Governance Of The National Socialist Party: Jakob Reichert (iron And Steel) And Karl Lange (machine Building) Introduction : Adaptation And Opposition In Democracy And Dictatorship -- Opposition And Adaptation : Reichert And Lange In The Weimar Republic -- Confidence And Complicity : Confronting National Socialist Ideology -- Conflict And Co-ordination : Creating A National Socialist Economy -- Impotence : Jakob Reichert In The Nazi Wartime Economy -- Indispensability : Karl Lange In The Nazi Wartime Economy -- Conclusion. Matt Bera. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Adaptation and Opposition in Democracy and Dictatorship Chapter 1 Opposition and Adaptation Reichert and Lange in the Weimar Republic Chapter 2 Confidence and Complicity: Confronting National Socialist Ideology Chapter 3 Conflict and Coordination: Creating a National Socialist Economy Chapter 4 Impotence: Jakob Reichert in the Nazi Wartime Economy Chapter 5 Indispensability: Karl Lange in the Nazi Wartime Economy Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index From 1933-45, Nazi Germany undertook massive industrial integration, submitting an entire economic sector to direct state oversight. This innovative study explores how German professionals navigated this complex landscape through the divergent careers of business managers in two of the era's most important trade organizations. "This book focuses on two major industrialists and their respective industries during the rise and governance of the National Socialist party: Jakob Reichert (iron and steel) and Karl Lange (machine building)" Provided by publisher