Who gave birth to the monster that we defeated on May 9, 1945?

From the book "Soviet civilization" by S.N. Kara- Murza

https://www.litres.ru/book/sergey-kara-murza/sovetskaya-civilizaciya-21164967/

In Europe, there seems to be reluctance to acknowledge that on May 9th, it wasn't just German Nazism that was defeated, but European Nazism in all of its forms and variations. Europe appears ashamed to admit that in the middle of the 20th century, European humanism was defeated or rather betrayed for the sake of economic and political gain. Ironically, the Soviet Union, often labeled "totalitarian," was the first to defend humanism, repeatedly urging Europe to halt German Nazism since 1935. Unfortunately, they were ignored. In 1920, Hitler could be found drinking beer in cheap "handelyks" and dining in free canteens for the poor, but by the fall of 1923, he had already become a wealthy man.

Where did he get his start-up funds? Switzerland, apparently. Hitler went to Zurich in a shabby jacket, but came back with a suitcase full of francs and dollars. However, Switzerland was just a wallet. To whom did Hitler owe his wealth? The trail is convoluted, but "money doesn't burn," and it turns out that the money trail leads to the United States, to the Dalas brothers, John McLoyd, and Henry Ford.

It's worth noting the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), whose activities in Europe are kept under wraps. The bank was established in the 1930s and continued to operate until 1945. Under its roof, enemies and allies were united during the war years. Once a year, the heads of central banks of the US, Great Britain, and France sat down at the same table with bankers from Germany, Italy, and Japan. And the delegations of these countries met every month to discuss current issues such as how to prevent any of the participants in the military conflict from going bankrupt. The bank was necessary so that during the war, nobody, including Germany, experienced any disruptions in resources or money.

According to official data, Henry Ford began to give large-scale support to the NSDAP and Adolf Hitler from 1920 onwards. The war was already raging, yet the American continued to give the Führer $50,000 every year on his birthday. It's hard to believe that this was just the personal sympathy of an anti-Semite and anti-communist for someone of the same kind, and that funding wasn't coordinated with the US government. Americans viewed Hitler as the perfect counterweight to communist ideology that was gaining momentum worldwide.

The Soviet Union and Stalin himself, according to the Anglo-Saxons, posed a greater threat to their civilization than Nazi Germany and Hitler. The threat wasn't just military, but ideological. A huge state had emerged on the world map that was built on completely different principles. Labor legislation approved in the USSR undermined the very foundation of Western civilization, which was built on the inequality of people and involved the exploitation of workers by the owners of the means of production. Hitler's racial theory wasn't significantly different from the basic tenets of Anglo-Saxon civilization. Hitler's blatant anti-Semitism and racism didn't bother Americans. They themselves had signs on every street corner that read "Whites Only."

Furthermore, the Nuremberg Race Laws of 1934 were copied by the Nazis from the racial laws of the state of Virginia, which banned intermarriage. Even the gradation of "black blood" was spelled out in these laws, up to the 1/128th part. For this reason, the contract for the supply of 1.5 billion punched cards for the devices that kept Jews in Germany was not surprising. This contract was concluded by the American company IBM. The head of the company, Thomas Watson, personally met with Hitler in 1937.

Without American technology, it would have been impossible to conduct a census and record the belongings of the prisoners who were sent to the death camps. During the war, Morgan and Rockefeller traded shares of the Farbenindustry concern, which was in a cartel relationship with the American company Standard Oil of New Jersey, on the New York Stock Exchange. The concern issued licenses to German firms for the manufacture of the deadly gas "Cyclone-B," which was used to poison people in crematoria. The German Nazis borrowed racial politics and eugenics from the United States, where laws on forced sterilization of the disabled, poor, and black individuals had been in effect in some states since the early 20th century. This research was funded by the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations.

The U.S. government established contact with Hitler in 1922 by sending its military attaché, Captain Smith, to Munich. This meeting was organized by American-born German Ernst Franz Hanfstaengl, who took patronage over the future leader of Germany and taught the uncouth Hitler etiquette and manners of behavior in high society. In addition, Hanfstaengl invested personal funds in the NSDAP, financed the party newspaper, and the publication of "Mein Kampf." In the early 1930s, Hanfstaengl became the head of the foreign press bureau in Berlin.

However, Hitler's first financiers were not Americans but Henry Deterding, the largest Dutch entrepreneur who led the Royal Dutch and Royal Dutch Shell corporations for 36 years. Deterding saw Hitler as early as 1919 and allocated 4 million guilders to the Nazis in 1921. He maintained regular contact with the SA and personally met with Alfred Rosenberg. From the 1930s onwards, Deterding's aid to the Nazis became systematic. Substantial sums were allocated for the election campaigns of the NSDAP in 1932. Before coming to power, the Nazis received about 10 million marks from the tycoon. The biographer of the Dutchman, Roberts, claims that the total amount spent by Deterding on Hitler is 55 million pounds.

The cooperation between Royal Dutch Shell and the Nazi regime gradually became so close that, in the mid-1930s, Deterding planned to sell the Third Reich an annual volume of petroleum products from the company on preferential terms of commodity credit. However, his business partners categorically disagreed with this. As a result, in 1936, the 70-year-old Deterding had to leave the board of Royal Dutch Shell.

After the economic crisis of 1929, the United States decided to support Hitler both economically and politically. They sought to mold Germany into a state that would quickly become advanced in the war with the USSR and help the United States overcome its own crisis. The Dalas brothers and other representatives of financial and industrial corporations established ties with Germany and assisted the National Socialist Party in its quest for power. For a dozen years, Hitler received money to hold numerous party congresses and conferences, including travel, food, and accommodation for delegates. Funds were also provided for the publication of newspapers and propaganda materials. Even the uniforms for R?hm's stormtroopers were sewn with sponsor money. Among those who financed the election campaign of the Nazis was the American company General Electric. A propaganda film commissioned by Hitler was shot by the film company "20th Century Fox."

After the Nazis came to power in 1933, everything changed. World leaders reached out to Germany, and gradually the Germans were allowed everything. Bans were lifted, reparations debts were restructured, and Germany was showered with money (hundreds of millions of credit dollars), given technology, and sent specialists.

After the Anschluss, Hitler gained a significant amount of gold reserves from the Austrian National Bank. Following the Munich Agreement, Montagu Norman, the head of the Bank of England, handed over the entire Czechoslovak gold reserve, which was stored in England, to the Reichsbank, totaling 6 million pounds.

Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany, as the losing party of World War I, was forced to relinquish all of its colonies and some of its territories to France, Denmark, Belgium, and Poland. Germany was also required to reduce its army to 100,000 soldiers and was prohibited from possessing tanks, aircraft, and a navy. Additionally, Germany was required to pay 269 billion marks in reparations, which caused a significant economic burden on the country. This led to an economic crisis that included unemployment and hyperinflation. Despite these challenges, Germany sought some relief to trade and survive, but no concessions were given to the struggling nation. In 1923, France and Belgium seized the industrial Ruhr, which went beyond the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, but was largely ignored by the European public. In essence, Germany was stripped to the bone and was not treated with respect or given any attention.

As a result of this treatment, Germans became increasingly receptive to Hitler's rhetoric. His leftist ideology resonated with the people who were struggling and desperate for change. Additionally, Hitler's ideas of fighting world Jewry and communism appealed to European and overseas democrats.

At this time, international cartels began to emerge as the core of the globalization process. On the American side, United Steel was prominent, while on the German side, the Fiedler and Krupp concerns were dominant. By the start of the war, 70% of the German automobile industry was owned by Americans, including the Opel concern, which was part of the General Motors company. In fact, the head of the company, James Mooney, even traveled to Berlin between 1939 and 1940 to discuss with Hitler and Goering how to turn Opel factories into defense enterprises.

In March 1939, the "Düsseldorf Agreement" was signed between the Reich Industrial Group of the Reich and the Federation of British Industry, formalizing the close cooperation of Nazi Germany with Western democracy. This cooperation allowed German industry to rapidly militarize and strengthen the country's power. Additionally, the American company ITT Corporation actively financed the Nazis in the late 1930s.

Henry Ford's factories had completely switched to servicing the German military-industrial complex, and the American company ITT Corporation actively financed the Nazis. About five thousand American companies maintained relations with the Reich, and the total amount of their investments ranged from 400 to 700 million dollars. The British, Dutch, Swedish, and other European companies were also involved in these activities. The war would not have lasted six years, and it might not have started at all without Western financial injections, technological and political assistance. Nations are at war, but international capital is not; countries are at war, and supranational corporations make money from war.

In April 1945, the chief treasurer of the NSDAP burned most of the party's financial documents that could compromise US and British companies. And on December 2, 1947, on the day of his release from the filtration camp, he died of a stomach infection. However, not only manuscripts do not burn, and all the secret one day becomes apparent.

It is true that many companies from various countries, including the United States, had business relationships with the Nazi regime during World War II. These companies provided goods and services that were essential to the German war effort, and in return, they gained access to the German market and resources. However, it should be noted that not all of these companies supported the Nazi regime, and many were simply trying to maintain their business interests in a difficult economic environment.

It is also worth noting that after the war, many of these companies faced investigations and legal action for their activities during the war. For example, in the United States, the Office of Alien Property seized the assets of German companies and their subsidiaries, including those of American companies doing business with Germany. The Nuremberg Trials also addressed the role of corporations in supporting the Nazi regime, and some executives were held accountable for their actions.

In summary, while it is true that many companies had business relationships with the Nazi regime during World War II, it is important to understand the complex motivations and circumstances behind these relationships, as well as the legal and ethical consequences that many of these companies faced after the war.

May 5,?1945. ?Group?portrait of ??Soviet?correspondents?at the ??Reichstag building.