Hitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War

368 Pages·2015·3.14 MB·English

by  Pierpaolo Barbieri

HITLER’S
SHADOW
E M P I R E

HITLER’S
S HADOW
E M P I R E
Nazi Economics and the
Spanish Civil War
Pierpaolo Barbieri
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
2015
Copyright © 2015 by Pierpaolo Barbieri
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
First printing
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Barbieri, Pierpaolo.
Hitler’s shadow empire : Nazi economics and the Spanish Civil War / Pierpaolo Barbieri.
p ages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-674-72885-1 (alkaline paper)
1. Spain—H istory— Civil War, 1936–1939—E conomic aspects. 2. Spain— History— Civil
War, 1936–1939— Finance. 3. Spain— History— Civil War, 1936–1939— Participation,
German. 4. Spain— Foreign economic relations—G ermany. 5. Germany— Foreign
economic relations— Spain. 6. Military assistance, German—S pain— History—20th
century. 7. Intervention ( International law)— Economic aspects—G ermany—
History—20th century. 8. Intervention (International law)— Economic aspects—
Spain— History—20th c entury. 9. Schacht, Hjalmar Horace Greeley, 1877–1970.
10. Germany—E conomic policy—1933–1945. I. Title.
DP269.8.E2B37 2015
946.081'343— dc23
2014036049
A mis padres, Adriana and Franco,
por enseñarme el signifi cado del sacrifi cio

CONTENTS
Introduction: Bones Beneath 1
1. Two Spains 16
2. “Today Is So Far from Yesterday” 35
3. The Rise and Rise of Hjalmar Schacht 74
4. “Give Me Four Years” 105
5. Dawn of Intervention 135
6. The Precipice 153
7. The Shadow Empire 173
8. “Hateful to God and to His Enemies” 195
9. The Formal Empire 218
Conclusion: Integrated Eu rope 246
Appendix: Economic Data 257
Notes 263
Ac know ledg ments 337
Index 341

HITLER’S
SHADOW
E M P I R E