Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory

1 total work

Hostile Takeovers of Large Jewish Companies, 1933–1935

by William Maurice Katin

Published 28 October 2020

Hostile Takeovers revises current understanding of how German-Jewish companies were cheaply purchased. This book argues that banks earned fees by recalling loans from large Jewish firms and providing funds to non-Nazi businessmen. Because of the right-wing orientation of the courts, the original proprietors weren't defended by the law. As a bottom-up process, this 1933-1935 activity occurred due to anti-Semitism, whereas scholarship focus on the top-down elimination of smaller Jewish firms in 1938.