Gesine Gerhard
Biographic Data
| ID | 5861942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gesine Gerhard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gesine |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerhard |
| SIGNATURE | GERHARD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Pacific |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Schlachtfelder
Ernst Langthaler’s new book Schlachtfelder is a detailed micro study of the ‘everyday economy in Nazi agrarian society between 1938 and 1945’ (as the subtitle of the book puts it). With its focus on the agrarian regions of the Niederdonau province in Niederöstereich, the study adds a new layer to our understanding of how rural actors responded to Nazi rule, and what this looked like in areas outside the ‘Altreich’—in this case Austria after the A…
Nazi Hunger Politics
During World War II, millions of Soviet soldiers in German captivity died of hunger and starvation. Their fate was not the unexpected consequence of a war that took longer than anticipated. It was the calculated strategy of a small group of economic planners around Herbert Backe, the second Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture. The mass murder of Soviet soldiers and civilians by Nazi food policy has not yet received much attention, but this bo…
Food as a Weapon
Food played a crucial role in the Nazis' vision of a new European order under German control. More food had to be produced and markets had to be reorganized. Agricultural sciences under the Nazi regime worked to increase productivity, breed new plants and to improve existing species. In the war against the Soviet Union, food was explicitly used as a weapon to defeat the enemy. This paper focuses on Richard Walther Darré and Herbert Backe, who wer…
Food and Genocide
This article explores the connection between food politics and genocide in the occupied eastern territories. The examination focuses on Herbert Backe, the ‘second man’ in the agricultural administration during the period of Nazi rule. Backe was in charge of food rationing during the war, and was involved in the planning of the economic exploitation of the Soviet Union after the invasion. Under Backe's directive, food policy turned into ‘starvatio…
Food as a Weapon
Food played a crucial role in the Nazis' vision of a new European order under German control. More food had to be produced and markets had to be reorganized. Agricultural sciences under the Nazi regime worked to increase productivity, breed new plants and to improve existing species. In the war against the Soviet Union, food was explicitly used as a weapon to defeat the enemy. This paper focuses on Richard Walther Darré and Herbert Backe, who wer…
Food and Genocide
This article explores the connection between food politics and genocide in the occupied eastern territories. The examination focuses on Herbert Backe, the ‘second man’ in the agricultural administration during the period of Nazi rule. Backe was in charge of food rationing during the war, and was involved in the planning of the economic exploitation of the Soviet Union after the invasion. Under Backe's directive, food policy turned into ‘starvatio…
Food and Genocide
This article explores the connection between food politics and genocide in the occupied eastern territories. The examination focuses on Herbert Backe, the ‘second man’ in the agricultural administration during the period of Nazi rule. Backe was in charge of food rationing during the war, and was involved in the planning of the economic exploitation of the Soviet Union after the invasion. Under Backe's directive, food policy turned into ‘starvatio…
Food as a Weapon
Food played a crucial role in the Nazis' vision of a new European order under German control. More food had to be produced and markets had to be reorganized. Agricultural sciences under the Nazi regime worked to increase productivity, breed new plants and to improve existing species. In the war against the Soviet Union, food was explicitly used as a weapon to defeat the enemy. This paper focuses on Richard Walther Darré and Herbert Backe, who wer…
Nazi Hunger Politics
During World War II, millions of Soviet soldiers in German captivity died of hunger and starvation. Their fate was not the unexpected consequence of a war that took longer than anticipated. It was the calculated strategy of a small group of economic planners around Herbert Backe, the second Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture. The mass murder of Soviet soldiers and civilians by Nazi food policy has not yet received much attention, but this bo…
Schlachtfelder
Ernst Langthaler’s new book Schlachtfelder is a detailed micro study of the ‘everyday economy in Nazi agrarian society between 1938 and 1945’ (as the subtitle of the book puts it). With its focus on the agrarian regions of the Niederdonau province in Niederöstereich, the study adds a new layer to our understanding of how rural actors responded to Nazi rule, and what this looked like in areas outside the ‘Altreich’—in this case Austria after the A…
European history and politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Nazism (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agrarian society (2 works)