Exploitation, resettlement, mass murder political and economic planning for German occupation policy in the Soviet Union, 1940 - 1941

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Organized Chaos: the German Occupation, 1941-1944 The State of Existing Scholarship Aims of the Study The Importance of Economic Considerations Structure and Additional Parameters of the Study Source Material Chapter 2. The Central Planning Organizations The Vierjahresplanbehörde: Göring’s Umbrella Organization The Dienststelle Rosenberg: the Eastern Experts of the NSDAP Chapter 3. The Decision to Invade the Soviet Union: the Primacy of Economics by the End of 1940 Overview: a Combination of Long- and Short-term Factors July 1940: Military Proposals against Britain’s Last Remaining Potential Ally on the Continent July-August: Long-term Strategic and Economic Gain for Germany in the East September-October: Alternatives and Objections to an Eastern Campaign November: Before and After Molotov’s Visit to Berlin November-December: the Increasing Relevance of Food Supplies and the Public Mood in Germany in View of the Need to Fight a Longer War Chapter 4. Laying the Foundations for the Hungerpolitik Backe’s Presentations to the Supreme Leadership Working around Potential Difficulties Soviet Awareness of German Intentions Thomas’s Study of Mid-February 1941 Setting Up an Economic Organization Chapter 5. Planning a Civil Administration Envisaging a Civil Administration Selecting an Administrative Chief Rosenberg as Administrative Chief: ‘no better man’ for the Job Personnel and Tasks Chapter 6. Population Policy Germanic Resettlement The Fate of the Soviet Jews: Pre-invasion Order for Genocide? A Territorial Solution to the ‘Jewish Question’ Chapter 7. Radicalizing Plans to Exploit Soviet Resources Calculated Economic Considerations and Nazi Ideology 2 May 1941: the Meeting of the Staatssekretäre Wide-ranging Agreement The Hungerpolitik in Writing Soviet Labour: Deployment in the Reich? The Special Status of the Ukraine Chapter 8. Expectations and Official Policy on the Eve of the Invasion Counting on a Swift Victory Economic and Agricultural Guidelines The Standpoint of the Political Planners Chapter 9. Post-invasion Decisions 16 July 1941: the Conference at FHQ Ordering the Destruction of Leningrad and Moscow The Concept of a Territorial Ministry in the East Chapter 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index