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Expert: Michel Cahier - 9/3/2008


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Given the Nazi's rose to power during the 1930's when the world was in the midst of the depression, how was Hitler able to build up the economy (and military) while the rest of the world continued to suffer?  Did he lower or raise taxes?  Did he increase the debt?

Answer
In short I can  answer your questions by pointing out that :
1-first he got a lot of financing  from the USA
2-second he considerably increased the indebtedness of Germany
3-third he launched a sort of new deal economy largely financed by debt and Wall Street that created jobs (highways, shipyards, transportation systems..)
4-fourth he rearmed massively and eventually set  Germany on a military path that created a lot of jobs but that inevitably led to war.
You can look at a table that shows very well how the Nazis brought Germany to war and actually reduced the productive and socially useful investments by going to this address :
http://www.schikelgruber.net/miracle.html

Furthermore this site that is of my making might as well answer your questions in some of his different pages. Feel free to browse it from its home page http://schikelgruber.net/
I hope I was useful
Best regards Michel C

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Michel Cahier

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I am a French amateur historian in German history between 1918 and 1945, particularly with regard to the Nazi era, Hitler's character and the occupation of Europe.

Experience

I have worked on the subject of Nazism since college and since I retired I developed a complete site with more than 60 chapters devoted to different aspects of the Nazi era. I have developed too a special interest in Nazi Art and the treatment of art by the Nazis. My site had about 2000 hits per week and is very well considered. I would be glad to help some people who have very precise questions about Hitler and the Nazis. My site can be consulted at http://schikelgruber.net/index.html. Needless to say that I am not a supporter of the Nazis and never in this site do I attempt to justify or excuse their policies.

Organizations
I used to work for the Agence France Presse, La Tribune, TV Channel France 3 and as the Editor of the Agence Economique et Financiere. I was in position in Brussels, London and Paris.

Publications
I published a book about the entrepreneurs and the motives for creating a company in the 80s and a book about the Franco-Swiss jeweller Philippe Charriol in the 90s

Education/Credentials
I graduated in Law and Political Sciences, I have a MBA from the Paris Chamber of commerce and I have a license of massage therapy (RMT) of the State of Texas

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