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Hitler's New Order in Europe – an early warning about Hitler's imperial ambitions through the takeover of Europe's economy. London, 1941 – first edition - Hitler's New Order In Europe – by the British economist Paul Einzig – an early publication warning of Hitler's economic takeover of the European countries as a preliminary stage toward total domination. The book demonstrates how the ”New Order” in the occupied countries is expected to bring about their destruction and exposes the deceit of Nazi propaganda. Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1941 – first edition. Einzig, an economist and expert on international policy, reveals the hidden and overt goals of Nazi Germany, not only in military terms but primarily in the way Hitler planned to reshape the economic and political order of Europe after its conquests. He addresses his words mainly to Western ears, which at this stage had not yet fully grasped the diabolical nature of Hitler's plans, and appeals to British propagandists to awaken and present the Nazi devil to the world as he truly is. He exposes the Nazi plan for total domination in the occupied countries at an early stage of World War II. ”For a long time I was almost alone in attempting to draw attention to the hypocrisy and sophistication of the Nazi 'New Order' propaganda in a fundamental way... The purpose of this book is to launch a frontal attack against the Nazi 'New Order' plan...” (From the author's introduction). With the Nazi Germany invasion of the occupied countries, they were promised generous compensation for the loss of their independence, and the Nazi press told them that Hitler's victory heralded the coming of a ”Golden Age in Europe.” Einzig shatters this lie into pieces with proven facts about what had actually occurred in those countries since the Nazi occupation. Foreseeing the future, the author describes how the ”New Order” is not merely a campaign of conquests and domination — but an attempt to build a hierarchical system in Europe, with Germany as the economic, political, and ideological center, and all the other countries functioning as satellites — completely dependent economically and ideologically on Nazi Germany while maintaining an inferior status according to Nazi racial doctrine. He demonstrates how the slogans of German propaganda change shape according to time, place, and the nature of the conquered country, and warns of Germany's takeover of the credit systems, banks, industry, and agriculture of the occupied countries. Hitler's intention, he explains, is to transform Europe into a single entity — not united by choice, but utterly enslaved. He shows how Germany used economic mechanisms as instruments of deliberate control — forced trade, industrial monopoly, and control over the movement of goods and money since the early days of the Nazi regime. The book also analyzes the dangers inherent in the absence of a firm international response — and argues that Britain and the Western countries must realize that the war is not only military but also economic-structural. In his words in the book, he intends to sever the ties that had already been formed at that stage between economists belonging to various schools of thought, whom Nazi propaganda had tempted to believe that under the ”New Order” their favored doctrines would be implemented. Einzig wrote the book in real time — in 1941 — when the full picture of the Holocaust and the war had not yet been revealed. He succeeded in identifying the economic aspects as tools of conquest and control, and in warning about them in advance. In a country like Britain, his words indeed resonated, and many awakened to understand the true intentions of Nazi Germany. In some European countries, it was a longer process, and they had to learn it the hard way when they realized that declarations, propaganda, and promises were one thing, and actions quite another. XII, 147 pages. Hardcover with the original dust jacket, all complete. Good condition.