Abstract
THE analysis of German economic policy for Europe which was issued by the Royal Institute of International Affairs in March 1941 under the title "Europe Under Hitler: In Prospect and Practice" has now been followed by a further study, "Occupied Europe: German Exploitation and its Post-war Consequences"*. The measure of the change in the situation during the three years may be seen in the structure of the two booklets. The first emphasized the two parts of German economic policy: a short-term plan for the duration of the War; and a long-term plan for the permanent organization of Europe. The first booklet discussed both, but while the first part of the new study examines Germany's domination over occupied Europe and the mobilization and exploitation of its resources up to the autumn of 1943, the implications of a permanent German 'New Order' are no longer considered. Instead, the second part dealing with the post-war period discusses some of the problems to be faced during and after liberation, and in a couple of dozen pages gives a lucid account of the implications of German domination and the conditions which any plans for rehabilitation and reconstruction must seek to meet.
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Economic Exploitation of Europe and its Consequences. Nature 153, 686–687 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153686b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153686b0