Railway Preservation News
http://rypn.org/forums/

book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
http://rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48005		 Page 1 of 2
Author:  Loco112 [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:29 am ]
Post subject:  book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
"The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich: A History of the German National Railway Volume 1 & 2, 1933-1945"

How many of you have read this. My guess is zero.
Author:  Overmod [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Quote:
"How many of you have read this."
Or can pronounce, or even spell, the author's name?

I have in fact not read volume 1 (which came out in late 2013) which covers 1920 to 1932. Volume 2 has been out since the end of 2014, so I'd expect at least some others will have read it. There is at least one used copy of volume 2 on Amazon for under $20 shipped, if you thought 'cost was an object'.
Author:  Overmod [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Loco112 wrote:
"The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich: A History of the German National Railway Volume 1 & 2, 1933-1945"

How many of you have read this. My guess is zero.


For anyone who has read volume 1: Does he cover the experiments with sprung track, and the amusing experiment with electric resistance heating of rails to simulate sun kink?
Author:  QJdriver [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Would either of you gentlemen have a link, or information on buying both volumes that you could post ?? I got nothing but error messages when I tried to search this, and it sounds like an interesting read. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer.
Author:  softwerkslex [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
I have read most of Mierzejewski's work. I originally obtained my copies from the U. Cincinnati library.

Another interesting read is "The Collapse of the German War Economy, 1944-1945", which concerns a great deal of German railways.
Author:  softwerkslex [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
These books are mostly concerned with economics. They investigate how the German railways were a backdoor vehicle for hiding assets from the allies after Versailles.
Author:  QJdriver [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Thank You, Dr. Harrod.
Author:  Overmod [ Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
In case you're still interested:

The ISBN for volume 1 is 978-1-4696-1383-3

To clarify, Professor Mierzejewsky is also the author of 'The Collapse of the German War Economy' that was mentioned.

I had no trouble pulling up the Amazon page for volume 2. You have to go to 'other sellers' to find the lowest prices + shipping; I believe as of this date in March 2024 the copy from Thriftbooks is cheapest.

Google Books notes that DR was "the largest enterprise in the capitalist world between 1920 and 1945"...
Author:  Dave [ Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Overmod wrote:
Quote:
"How many of you have read this."
Or can pronounce, or even spell, the author's name?.


Where I'm from it would be meer - za - chev - ski. Your mileage may vary.
Author:  mspetersen [ Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Wages of Destruction goes into the German Economy before & during WW2 including their rail network. If you weren't convinced before, this will show you there was no real way for them to win,

https://www.amazon.com/Wages-Destruction-Making-Breaking-Economy-ebook/dp/B008DR6YXO/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PH2VT0SDC34V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9QcplRUUg77Nr4nr3J-OqT7pywb-hRGnVkpp57NmEHNg41iD5S-ek-Y8pFA-RZUPmOtiNbIpK7G9z4YUqrGipIRj_1U32hN2oX-fRnR2pYyeFDzk5ZqrHyw6_PPc1Pyt34rSRxl3mdUP5LOTlL5iEt04M33oAeacg7ejFC8XL0MxacguNsX_RmtOtCEL-7VRDIjHGBBLEMry5yJTP87nd37G-3PrnHyQnSjERXGRghQ.wIR-sBUykDD5w5brtAxR4YLL9WsP_pMVjmndnwbu1pU&dib_tag=se&keywords=wages+of+destruction&qid=1711581094&sprefix=wages+of+%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1
Author:  Son of a Coast Liner [ Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
I would think a more interesting subject would be the train crews who worked the trains taking victims to concentration and extermination camps. I've seen very little on that aspect of the holocaust. Be it voluntarily or forced work, it must have been horrific mental anguish and extreme guilt to know your "passengers" were facing probable death once they arrived at their destination.
Author:  Loco112 [ Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Son of a Coast Liner wrote:
I would think a more interesting subject would be the train crews who worked the trains taking victims to concentration and extermination camps.


If you want the truth, just ask me in private, because you do not know the truth about any of that, ANY OF IT!
Author:  Son of a Coast Liner [ Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Loco112 wrote:
Son of a Coast Liner wrote:
I would think a more interesting subject would be the train crews who worked the trains taking victims to concentration and extermination camps.


If you want the truth, just ask me in private, because you do not know the truth about any of that, ANY OF IT!


have you sought professional help for your denialism?
Author:  Train-a-Mania [ Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Holocaust denial on RYPN. Let me pull out my RYPN bingo card...
Author:  Loco112 [ Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: book: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich
Nick I looked at your site, nice last name. Nice small hat you have there. Every single time.
Page 1 of 2 All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/