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The Nuremberg Race laws, Nazi funding, Brownshirts, Greenshirts and Blueshirts
Who were the Greenshirts and the Blueshirts? How far did Nazi ideology spread?
And Who funded the Nazis? History books rarely cover these two aspects of WWII.
Hitler rose to power in 1933 through a dodgy backroom political deal that effectively announced the demise of Weimar democracy. This was at a time when German pride was at its lowest, but Hitler had held out the promise of bringing back the glorious German days. However, Race and ethnicity was central to the great German comeback.
And so on the 15th of September 1935, the Nuremberg race laws were passed.
This we know. But how did they pull off the greatest crime in the history of Germany?
We know how the Nazis set about dismantling and diluting the German constitution owing to a brilliant book titled, The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a Jewish lawyer who fled Germany in 1938, but not without gathering evidence of the crime of murdering democracy. Lawyers and Jurists owe a great debt to his works, but so does Civil society. His work is a must read for those in the field of law.
But who funded the Nazis? Who enabled them? This is seldom discussed in books, but recently a book by David De Jong titled, Nazi Billionaires tells this story with groundbreaking investigative work. BMW fans might want to know that Günter Quandt (the Quandt family still owns the company) benefitted from funding the Nazis. The other posh car company obviously had to join in too so the Porsche–Piëch family made their contributions and received the benefits of forced labour. The Von Finks who own the insurance company Allianz raised 5 million Reichsmark for the SA (Sturmabteilung) in 1931 itself, in order to stop any putsch that would overthrow Hitler. It was not just heavy industry but even food companies like Oetkar or the Kaselowsky family who were enthusiastic and ideological supporters of the Nazis. You might know them from the frozen pizzas you pop into your oven on an odd night. The best example was the Friedrich Flick who became a member of the Keppler circle, later called the Circle of Friends of the Reichsführer-SS, a group of German industrialists whose aim was to strengthen the ties between the Nazi Party and business and industry. On the bright side, Bosch was one of the few industrialists who vehemently opposed the Nazis, he even funded the Bosch circle that attempted to assassinate Hitler.
The Nazi ideology spread through the middle east and as far as even China through the influence of Chiang Kai‐shek who was backed by the United States of America. The Nazis were able to gloss over race and focus on nationalism when it came to these populations and nationalism fell victim to this ideology.
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By Avanti Victoire RAOWho were the Greenshirts and the Blueshirts? How far did Nazi ideology spread?
And Who funded the Nazis? History books rarely cover these two aspects of WWII.
Hitler rose to power in 1933 through a dodgy backroom political deal that effectively announced the demise of Weimar democracy. This was at a time when German pride was at its lowest, but Hitler had held out the promise of bringing back the glorious German days. However, Race and ethnicity was central to the great German comeback.
And so on the 15th of September 1935, the Nuremberg race laws were passed.
This we know. But how did they pull off the greatest crime in the history of Germany?
We know how the Nazis set about dismantling and diluting the German constitution owing to a brilliant book titled, The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a Jewish lawyer who fled Germany in 1938, but not without gathering evidence of the crime of murdering democracy. Lawyers and Jurists owe a great debt to his works, but so does Civil society. His work is a must read for those in the field of law.
But who funded the Nazis? Who enabled them? This is seldom discussed in books, but recently a book by David De Jong titled, Nazi Billionaires tells this story with groundbreaking investigative work. BMW fans might want to know that Günter Quandt (the Quandt family still owns the company) benefitted from funding the Nazis. The other posh car company obviously had to join in too so the Porsche–Piëch family made their contributions and received the benefits of forced labour. The Von Finks who own the insurance company Allianz raised 5 million Reichsmark for the SA (Sturmabteilung) in 1931 itself, in order to stop any putsch that would overthrow Hitler. It was not just heavy industry but even food companies like Oetkar or the Kaselowsky family who were enthusiastic and ideological supporters of the Nazis. You might know them from the frozen pizzas you pop into your oven on an odd night. The best example was the Friedrich Flick who became a member of the Keppler circle, later called the Circle of Friends of the Reichsführer-SS, a group of German industrialists whose aim was to strengthen the ties between the Nazi Party and business and industry. On the bright side, Bosch was one of the few industrialists who vehemently opposed the Nazis, he even funded the Bosch circle that attempted to assassinate Hitler.
The Nazi ideology spread through the middle east and as far as even China through the influence of Chiang Kai‐shek who was backed by the United States of America. The Nazis were able to gloss over race and focus on nationalism when it came to these populations and nationalism fell victim to this ideology.