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 Vierjahresplanbehoerde: Goering\'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 Staatssekretare	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