TY - BOOK AU - Gogl,Simon TI - Laying the Foundations of Occupation: Organisation Todt and the German Construction Industry in Occupied Norway T2 - Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beihefte , SN - 9783110694109 U1 - 338.76240948109044 23/ger PY - 2020///] CY - München, Wien : PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg, KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Conscript labor KW - Norway KW - Engineering and construction KW - Second World War KW - Third Reich KW - HISTORY / Social History KW - bisacsh N1 - Dissertation; Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; I. Introduction: Rebuilding a Continent --; II. The German Construction Sector between Crisis and War --; III. State Regulation of the German Construction Sector --; IV. German Construction Activities in Occupied Europe: The Case of Norway --; V. German Companies under Einsatzgruppe Wiking --; VI. Conclusion --; Appendix --; List of Tables and Figures --; Sources --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Thousands of German construction companies worked under the Organisation Todt during the Second World War. This study enquires into the relation between the NS state and the construction industry and analyses the businesses’ strategies and entrepreneurial room for manoeuvre. Focusing on German construction projects within the Reich and in occupied Norway, the study demonstrates how state’s attempts at regulating the sector reached their limits UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694291 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110694291 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110694291/original ER -