A review by xxstefaniereadsxx
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong

informative slow-paced

4.0

 In the years preceding World War II, and certainly throughout, many companies threw their hat into the ring of Nazi support. Many business owners felt that it would be good to serve whoever was in power, especially if those in power were eliminating business rivals (i.e. Jewish business owners) and selling off their companies for next to nothing. Of course, many business owners shared Nazi ideology, even becoming members of the Nazi Party. In the post-war years, many of these companies have continued to thrive, despite their treacherous beginnings and shady doings, with many claiming that they were coerced into supporting the Nazi Party or having to join because of pressure and blackmail. At any rate, it was interested to see how some of theses people came to be in the situations they found themselves in.

I got this book some time ago, and I really wish that I had gotten around to reading it sooner. I have the Audible version, which is about eleven hours to listen to. The narrator was pleasant, and I enjoyed it. If you are interested in the physical copy, it is around 400 pages. The author of this book absolutely did his due diligence when researching the companies mentioned and their Nazi collaborators. I knew about some of these, but this book went into much greater detail about the companies than I had previously been exposed to. This was a really good book.