Many top industrialists and financiers in Germany made huge returns
on their investment in Hitler's agenda. The spoils of various invasions,
as well as profits from slave labor and confiscation of Jewish properties,
insured their enthusiastic support. Hitler himself was far from ascetic --
he lived in extravagant luxury, subsidized by blatant corruption. Good
old greed, power, and desperation explain Nazi Germany better than ersatz
theories about the German character. Examples: the desire for "lebensraum"
was largely due to food production problems; Hitler invaded Austria because
raw materials were needed to continue rearmament; and Russia was invaded
because the German military machine was running out of oil. Pool never
tries to excuse Germany, but he does offer a fresh look at the evidence.
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