This study examines the role played by the Reich financial administration in the occupation, destruction, and plundering of the Polish state and the exploitation of its inhabitants. During Nazi occupation, previously unimagined assets were expropriated, redistributed, or simply stolen to achieve the goals of Germanization policy and the wartime economy. The tax and customs administrations were actively involved in this system of injustice.

Ramona Bräu, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany.