Berlin's Black Market [electronic resource] : 1939-1950 /
Zierenberg, Malte.author.
This book puts the illegal economy of the German capital during and after World War II into context and provides a new interpretation of Germany's postwar history. The black market, it argues, served as a reference point for the beginnings of the two new German states.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologues -- The wartime networks : the Martha Rebbien case -- Destruction, disorientation and new patterns of order : changes in the black market landscape during the transition from war to postwar -- Black markets from the end of the war to the currency reform -- Stories of a new beginning : the economy of the streets between the currency reform and the "Economic Miracle" -- Conclusion : black market trading as a radical experience of a free market.
This book puts the illegal economy of the German capital during and after World War II into context and provides a new interpretation of Germany's postwar history. The black market, it argues, served as a reference point for the beginnings of the two new German states.
Civilization-History.
Europe, Central-History.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Economic history.
Cultural History.
History of Germany and Central Europe.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Economic History.