The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich A Historyof the German National Railway Volume – by Alfred C. Mierzejewski TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress ChapelHillandLondon ©TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Allrightsreserved SetinMinionmultiplemasterstype byTsengInformationSystems,Inc. ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica (cid:3)Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelines forpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommittee onProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityofthe CouncilonLibraryResources. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mierzejewski,AlfredC. ThemostvaluableassetoftheReich:ahistoryofthe GermanNationalRailway/byAlfredC.Mierzejewski. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Contents:v..–— v..–— .DeutscheReichsbahn(Germany)—History—thcentury. .Railroadsandstate—Germany—History—thcentury. I.Title. . '.'—dc - ---(v.) ---(v.) Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix . TheCoordinationoftheReichsbahn,– . TheReichsbahninthePeriodofRearmament,JobCreation, andMotorization,– A. PassengerService:TheFlyingTrains B. FreightServiceandModalCompetition C. Finances,RawMaterials,andManpower . TheReichsbahninWarandHolocaust,– A. TheYearsofConquest,– B. TheAttackontheSovietUnionandtheWinter Crisis,– C. TheNaziRacialRestructuringofEurope,– D. TheYearsofRetreat,– E. TheEndoftheThirdReich,– Conclusions Appendix Notes Bibliography Index Tables .. SummaryofReichsbahnOperatingAccount,–, .. ProfileofReichsbahnPassengerTrafficandOperations,–, .. TrucksOwnedbytheDeutscheReichsbahn,–, .. TonnageCarriedbyReichsbahnTruckService,–, .. ReichsbahnTruckServiceNetTon-Kilometers,–, .. ProfileofReichsbahnFreightTrafficandOperations,–, .. ReichsbahnRolling-StockAcquisitionExpenditures,–, .. CapitalBudgetoftheDeutscheReichsbahn,–, .. ReichsbahnSpendingforExpansionofCapitalAssets,–, .. ReichsbahnRolling-StockAcquisitions,–, .. ReichsbahnTrackRenewal,–, .. ReichsbahnVehicleAcquisitionExpenditures,–, .. ReichsbahnRolling-StockAcquisitions,–, .. ProfileofReichsbahnFreightTrafficandOperations,–, .. ReichsbahnFreightCarPlacings,–, .. ProfileofReichsbahnPassengerTrafficandOperations,–, .. DRBPersonnelStrength,–, .. CapitalBudgetoftheDeutscheReichsbahn,–, .. ReichsbahnSpendingforExpansionofCapitalAssets,–, .. SummaryofReichsbahnOperatingAccount,–, .. ReichsbahnTrackRenewal,–, .. BasicCharacteristicsoftheDeutscheReichsbahn, .. BasicOperatingStatisticsoftheDeutscheReichsbahn, .. BasicFinancialInformationConcerningtheDeutscheReichsbahn, .. OperatingAccidentsoftheDeutscheReichsbahn, .. OrganizationoftheDeutscheReichsbahn,September, MapsandIllustrations . MainRoutesoftheDeutscheReichsbahn,, xxii . TheReichsbahnDivisions,, xxiii . DRB/OstbahnRoutesandNaziDeathCamps,, JuliusDorpmüller,withAdolfHitlerandWilhelmOhnesorge, AlbertGanzenmüller,
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