Nazi rule and Dutch collaboration : the Netherlands under German occupation, 1940-1945

This book examines the manifold forms and motives for collaboration between the Dutch and their German occupiers during the Second World War, by looking at the main areas of political and economic life under occupation. It investigates the policies of accommodation during the first phase of Nazi rule and analyses the desperate survival tactics of the prewar parties, trade unions and the press. Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Reichkommissariat Niederlande, 1940-1945 -- Early History And Power Structure -- Conceptions And Reality Of German Occupation -- 2. The Dutch Between Accommodation And Collaboration, 1940-1944 -- The Political Concept Of Seyss-inquart -- Reactions Among The Conservative Bourgeoisie -- The Netherlands Union -- 3. Collaboration By Social Organisations And The Press -- Parties And Trades Unions -- The Dutch Communist Party -- The Dutch Press -- 4. Collaboration By State Institutions -- The Secretaries-general -- The Supreme Court -- The Dutch Police -- 5. Economic Collaboration -- Organisations And Results -- 'to Prevent Chaos': Dutch State Economic Policies -- The Mobilisation Of Dutch Labour -- Dutch Employers And The Reorganisation Of The Economy -- 6. Collaboration By Dutch Fascists -- Minor Fascist Parties Before 1941 -- Mussert's National Socialistische Beweging Before May 1940 -- The Failure Of Dutch Fascism -- 7. Accommodation And Collaboration In The Occupied Netherlands: A Summary -- Biographical Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix: German And Dutch Military Ranks -- Index Gerhard Hirschfeld ; Translated From The German By Louise Willmot. Translation Of: Fremdherrschaft Und Kollaberation. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 330-351. Examines the manifold forms and motives for collaboration between the Dutch and their German occupiers during the Second World War, by looking at the main areas of political and economic life under occupation. This work investigates the policies of accommodation during the first phase of Nazi rule.