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Dissertation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2019
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Beschreibung:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- I. Introduction: Rebuilding a Continent -- II. The German Construction Sector between Crisis and War -- III. State Regulation of the German Construction Sector -- IV. German Construction Activities in Occupied Europe: The Case of Norway -- V. German Companies under Einsatzgruppe Wiking -- VI. Conclusion -- Appendix -- List of Tables and Figures -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index
Thousands of German construction companies worked under the Organisation Todt during the Second World War. This study enquires into the relation between the NS state and the construction industry and analyses the businesses' strategies and entrepreneurial room for manoeuvre. Focusing on German construction projects within the Reich and in occupied Norway, the study demonstrates how state's attempts at regulating the sector reached their limits