Krieg auf Kosten anderer. Wehrmachtfinanzierung in Griechenland während des Zweiten Weltkriegs
War at the Expence of Others. Financing the „Wehrmacht“ in Greece during the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: After Greece had been conquered by the troops of the Axis Powers in spring 1941, they installed a rule of occupation existing until october 1944. Th e Government in Athens had to finance this occupation by making payments in advance and besides, making a forced credit available. Th is method led to an exorbitant overloading of the Greek economy and to a galloping inflation. Th e German Tax and Finance Ministry played an important, yet hardly noticed role as to the concrete implementation of the monetary exploitation. Almost unknown documents throw a light on the financing of the German Wehrmacht during WW II. Besides, the real burden on the Greek economy shall be estimated and connected with the general questions of war financing in the Third Reich.

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