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ones outside Germany especially?
where did all that money come from to build its military and autobahn and olympic stadium and to pay for so many programs and pay its workers?

who gave the all that money to go from rags to riches overnight??

Please try and be specific with your answer.

2007-02-17 17:58:52 · 7 answers · asked by Ronald S 1 in Arts & Humanities History

WELL PREMISE DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION.
WHERE DID THE ORIGINAL INVESTMENT FOR NAZI GERMANY COME FROM TO BUILD ITS WAR INDUSTRIES AND AUTOBAHN AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THEY DID NOT JUST PRINT IT.
AND THEY HAD NOT "TAKEN" ANY OF THE JEWISH MONEY AT THAT TIME EITHER , MAYBE THEY TOOK IT FROM THEM CONSENTUALLY

2007-02-17 18:07:26 · update #1

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The government seized billions in art, personal assets, and businesses. Keep in mind, the Jewish bankers and jewelers weren't allowed to keep their wealth in the concentration camps. Plus a wartime economy is good for everyone. The majority of the money was not from funding, it was from seizure.

2007-02-17 18:01:57 · answer #1 · answered by premise 3 · 0 2

The answer is way to complex to do justice within this format but I'll attempt a coherent answer. First a poor assumption that money had to come from outside of Germany; despite their faults the Nazi s were initially quite resourceful finding funds inside of Germany. The hyper inflation of the 1920's devastated the ranks of the working middle class to the benefit of the very rich and many of the rich were industrialist whose companies had provided the armaments & machinery for World War One. The Nazis, in particular Herman Goriing was adept at assuring these rich industrialists that investing those billions of Deutch Marks they had piled up during the 20s in the Nazi's efforts to rebuild roads & industry would pave the way for a future war and its attendent profits.

The Autobahn and The Olympics were civic projects that worked much like FDR's alphabet of civillian agencies; in the case of the Autobahn thousands of Germans were employed at back breaking work for the pay of room & board and a small stipend sent to their family members, a public works project that mostly meant coordination between the Departments of Agriculture and Human Services (in modern American lingo); farmers have to keep farming, people have to eat, it is a cycle, the Nazis were simply good at making it happen.
The Olympic Project was much the same relying on lots of volunteers; naturally many of those volunteers were aware that not volunteering was not an option.
Finally - - - technology & chemicals & patents were Germany's largest source of money from outside its borders. And since the Germans had sent many of its citizens abroad to South America before World War One, they were a ready source for small sums, but mostly Nazi Germany found funds internally, ruthlessly rerouting money to their coffers which worked until their own corrupt machinery began bogging down.

Peace,,,,

2007-02-17 18:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0 0

Unfortunately, many major funders of the Nazi party, and the support of Hitler, can be traced to the U.S.

Germany was devastated from its defeat in WWI; and, the victors took pity on the German populace, funneling millions of dollars into rebuilding the German economy. Germany did not want sympathy: They wanted revenge; and, they got it through Hitler and his Nazi party.

The U.S. saw themselves as the "benefactors" of a beaten nation; not understanding that a nation beaten and humiliated will hold a grudge and retaliate, which is exactly what Germany did.

Fifty years after WWII, the U.S. maintains military bases in Germany; but, the German populace resents our presence, and are not friendly to American visitors. To the victor go the spoils? What German industries are contributing to Iraq? Iran? Pakistan?

Anericans beware, or you may soon not have an America anymore!

2007-02-17 18:52:19 · answer #3 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0 0

Don't Know if they were big funders, but the Swiss Government funded the Nazi government. Shockingly enough, some American companies also funded Hitler. When Hitler invaded France and the eastern part of Europe, his army rode in GM trucks. The Curtiss-Wright aviation company taught his luftwaffe dive-bombing. Henry Ford, the truck company's founder, donated alot of money as well.

2007-02-18 03:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You might want to read "Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power, 1919-1933" by James Pool

2007-02-17 18:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

would you belive the same copanies that donate to the partys of
today in germany.vw was a nazi company.

2007-02-17 19:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by peter o 5 · 0 0

henry ford,joseph kennedy,were just a couple of many in the us that financed hitler.

2007-02-18 08:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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