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LEFT ANALYSIS OF NAZI GERMANY 1943 REPORTS

Secret Reports On Nazi Germany
by Franz Neumann; Herbert Marcuse; Otto Kirchheimer, Paul Sweezy

Publication date 1946
https://archive.org/details/SecretReportsOnNaziGermanyFrankfurtSchool/page/n1/mode/2up
Contents
Foreword, by Raymond Geuss ix
Acknowledgments xv
Notes on the Texts xvii
On the Authors xxi
Introduction 1
Part I
The Analysis of the Enemy
1 Franz Neumann
Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Terror 27
2 Herbert Marcuse
Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany
 in the Near Future 31
3 Herbert Marcuse
Changes in the Reich Government 38
4 Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy
Speer’s Appointment as Dictator
of the German Economy 48
5 Herbert Marcuse and Felix Gilbert
The Significance of Prussian Militarism
for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations
Psychological Warfare
61
6 Herbert Marcuse
German Social Stratification 74
Part II
Patterns of Collapse
7 Franz Neumann
German Morale after Tunisia 95
8 Herbert Marcuse (assisted by Franz Neumann
and Hans Meyerhoff)
Morale in Germany 100
9 Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Felix Gilbert
Possible Patterns of German Collapse 106
v i Co ntents
10 Franz Neumann
The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids
on the German People: A Preliminary Survey 118
11 Franz Neumann
The Attempt on Hitler’s Life and Its Consequences 133
Part III
Political Opposition
12 Franz Neumann
The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People 149
13 Herbert Marcuse
The German Communist Party 167
14 Herbert Marcuse
The Social Democratic Party of Germany 199
Part IV
Denazification and Military Government
15 Otto Kirchheimer
The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of MG 229
16 Herbert Marcuse
Dissolution of the Nazi Party and Its
Affiliated Organizations 253
17 Franz Neumann
German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations 264
18 Herbert Marcuse
Policy toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment of
New Parties in Germany 285
19 Otto Kirchheimer
General Principles of Administration and
Civil Service in Germany 301
20 Otto Kirchheimer
Administration of German Criminal Justice
under Military Government 318
21 Franz Neumann
The Problem of Inflation in Germany 345
Part V
A New Germany in a New Europe
22 Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy
The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw
Materials, Industry, and Transport 397
Contents vii
23 Franz Neumann
The Revival of German Political and Constitutional
Life under Military Government 412
24 Franz Neumann
The Treatment of Germany 436
Part VI
Toward Nuremberg
25 Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz
The “Statement on Atrocities” of the
Moscow Tripartite Conference 451
26 Franz Neumann
Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals 457
27 Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz
Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility 464
28 Herbert Marcuse
Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe:
The Nazi Master Plan 475
29 Otto Kirchheimer
Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe:
Domestic Crimes 522
Part VII
A New Enemy
30 Herbert Marcuse
Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions
 and Works Councils 557
31 Herbert Marcuse
The Potentials of World Communism 591
Notes 611
Index 659