European Central Banking and German Occupation in World War II

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Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

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Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

Gefördert durch

Max Weber Stiftung

PLZ

75003

Ort

Paris

Land

France

Vom - Bis

17.03.2022 - 18.03.2022

Website

https://www.dhi-paris.fr/veranstaltungsdetails/seminare/SeminarTime/detail/europaeische-zentralbanken-und-deutsche-besatzungsherrschaft-im-zweiten-weltkrieg3723.html

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Deutsches Historisches Institut DHIP, Institut historique allemand, Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris

With the occupation of Europe, Nazi Germany extended its system of monetary policy and currency control to a growing number of countries. The occupied countries were forced to finance their own exploitation for the benefit of the Nazi war economy to support the German war effort and to mitigate the consequences of war on German society. This conference aims at discussing the actors, objectives, and methods of Reichsbank monetary policy control and the financial exploitation of Europe.

European Central Banking and German Occupation in World War II

With the occupation of ever larger parts of Europe, National Socialist Germany extended its system of monetary policy and currency control to a growing number of countries. The occupied countries and even Germany’s allies were economically exploited to support the German war effort and to mitigate the consequences of war on German society. Since 1940, the Reichsbank established an international clearing system that included up to 30 countries routing their international payments through Reichsbank institutions while Germany’s outstanding payments were piling up in this clearing system. In addition, the
occupied countries had to pay high tributes for their occupation, so that they were forced to finance their own exploitation for the benefit of the National Socialist war economy. So far, relatively little is known about the ways in which the Reichsbank intervened in the internal monetary management of the occupied countries, often with different consequences, such as contained inflation in France and open hyperinflation in Greece. Also, the actors, objectives, and methods of monetary policy control in the occupied countries are hitherto known only in outline. The same is true for the limits of this policy, the role of the central banks in the occupied countries, and the resistance to this form of monetary and fiscal occupation. Comparative studies are also a desideratum.
This conference therefore aims at discussing the state of research and its prospects. The starting point is a research project funded by the Deutsche Bundesbank and conducted by the London School of Economics and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin on the history of the Reichsbank. The analysis of the international interdependences of monetary policy under the conditions of the occupation regimes in France, Belgium, Poland, and Greece is an integral part of this project. After all, only a comparative view allows for a better understanding of the Nazi exploitation strategies in Europe.

Programm

HYBRID EVENT! For participation, please use the inscription link on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-qrpzkoG9NJG6ylX3b7_gjJ3yVH8xlr

Thursday, 17th March 2022

13.00: Meet & greet

13.30: Welcome note: Thomas MAISSEN (Institut historique allemand)
Introduction: Marcel BOLDORF (université Lumière Lyon 2), Magnus Brechtken (Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin)

14.00: Deutsche Expansion und europäisches Finanzsystem / L’expansion allemande et le système financier européen / German Expansion and the European Financial System

Chair: Jürgen FINGER (Institut historique)

Albrecht RITSCHL (London School of Economics): The Reichsbank and Nazi Financial and Currency Policy
Marc BUGGELN (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg): The Organization of the Greater Economic Sphere (Großraumwirtschaft) in World War II
Marcel BOLDORF (université Lumière Lyon 2): Attempts of European Monetary Governance by the Reichsbank

Discussant: Stefanie MIDDENDORF (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena)

16.00: Zentralbanken unter deutscher Besatzungsherrschaft I / Les banques centrales sous l’occupation allemande I / Central Banking Under German Occupation I

Chair: Arnaud MANAS (Banque de France/ Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – IDHES)

Ingo LOOSE (Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin): Central Banking Activities in Occupied Poland
Christopher KOPPER (Universität Bielefeld): The German Occupation, the German and the Greek Central Bank
Harald ESPELI (Norwegian Business School): The Norges Bank Under German Occupation

Discussant: Pamfili ANTIPA (Banque de France/Sciences Po)

18.00: Roundtable: From Financial Conflict to Cooperation: France and Germany Across Two World Wars

Participants: Vincent BIGNON (Banque de France/Aix-Marseille School of Economics), Marcel BOLDORF (université Lumière Lyon 2), Pierre-Cyrille HAUTCOEUR – tbc (Paris School of Economics/EHESS), Éric MONNET (Paris School of Economics/EHESS), Albrecht RITSCHL (London School of Economics, moderator)

Friday, 18th March 2022

9.00: Zentralbanken unter deutscher Besatzungsherrschaft II / Les banques centrales sous l’occupation allemande II / Central Banking Under German Occupation II

Chair: Hervé JOLY (CNRS/laboratoire Triangle/Université de Lyon)

Kim OOSTERLINCK (Université libre de Bruxelles/SBS-EM): The Banque nationale de Belgique and the Banque d’émission Under German Rule
Michel MARGAIRAZ (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – IDHES): Monetary Policy Under Occupation: Banque de France and Ministry of Finance
Patrice BAUBEAU (Université Paris-Nanterre): A Very French »Situation«: German Inspiration and Credit Policy at the Banque de France, 1940–1959

Discussant: Laure QUENNOUËLLE-CORRE (CNRS/Centre de recherches historiques)

11.00: Zentralbankwesen in der Nachkriegszeit: strukturelle und personelle Kontinuitäten / Les banques centrales dans l’après-guerre: continuités structurelles et personnelles / Central Banking in the Postwar Period: Structural and Personnel Continuities

Chair: Sabine EFFOSSE (université Paris-Nanterre – IDHES)

Vincent BIGNON (Banque de France/Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Reorganisation of Central Banks After World War II. Between Inflation and High Public Debt, 1945–1952
Éric MONNET (Paris School of Economics/EHESS): World War and the longue durée: The Banque de France
Boris GEHLEN (Universität Stuttgart), Rouven JANNECK, Christian MARX (both Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin): Personal and Structural Continuities: From Reichsbank to Bundesbank

Discussant: Olivier FEIERTAG (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Closing discussion

Kontakt

Jürgen Finger
jfinger@dhi-paris.fr

https://www.dhi-paris.fr/veranstaltungsdetails/seminare/SeminarTime/detail/europaeische-zentralbanken-und-deutsche-besatzungsherrschaft-im-zweiten-weltkrieg3723.html

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European Central Banking and German Occupation in World War II., In: H-Soz-Kult, 08.03.2022, <www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-116397>.

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