A Small Nation in the Turmoil of the Second World War : Money, Finance and Occupation (Belgium, its Enemies, its friends, 1939-1945) /
Based on intensive research in the archives of six countries, this monograph presents an in-depth analysis of Belgium's monetary and financial history during the Second World War. Exploring Belgium's financial and business links with Germany, France, The Netherlands, Great Britain, the Uni...
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Table of Contents:
- A Small Nation in the Turmoil of the Second World War; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Prelude to a New World Conflict; The policy of neuTraliTy under discussion; The problem of governing under occupaTion; Getting The gold stock to safety; Chapter 2. The Blitzkrieg and the Banque Nationale de Belgique; The german invasion; Rising war panic; Ostend, a confused episode; The peregrination Through france; Chapter 3. France and the Monetary Crisis; The capitulation and its monetary consequences; The search for scapegoats; Emotion and frustration among The belgian refugees; The bank under tutelage.
- Chapter 4. A Rudderless Belgian GovernmentThe evacuation of belgian gold from france; The dramatic discussion of 18 June 1940 at bordeaux; A belgian government in its death throes; The bank's return to brussels; Chapter 5. In the Aftermath of Belgium's WarDrama in France; Ingenbleek's 'finest hour'; Theunis's despair; Final efforts to evacuate the gold (august-september 1940); The cost of the peregrination in France; Chapter 6. The Installation of the German Administration; Dislocation and the 'new order'; 'Le temps des notables'; The bankers' initiative for a bank of issue.
- Chapter 7. The Establishment of the Banque d'EmissionThe decisive negotiations; The bank and the banque d'emission; The principal actors of the two banks; Chapter 8. The Politics of Accommodation in Daily Reality; The distribution of responsibiliTies; The challenge to legal competence; The economic, social and political context in 1940 and 1941; Money circulation; The costs of occupation and their financing; Chapter 9. The Policy of Accommodation Put to the Test; The commandeering of gold and foreign currency; The fraudulent clearing system; The first crisis of the clearing system.
- Janssen and the german occupierChapter 10. The Looting of Gold; The prelude; Janssen misled; The wiesbaden convention (29 october 1940); The supplementary protocol of 11 december 1940; The aftermath of the repatriation; The restoration of luxembourg's gold; Chapter 11. In the Shadow of Janssen's Death; The problem of the succession; A new adminisTraTion; The first great disillusions; Occupation and economy (may 1940-may 1942); Chapter 12. The Gold Cover and the Clearing System under Discussion; The dilemma concerning cover for the note issue.
- Towards a confrontation with the ministry of financeThe clearing system in discredit; The motion of 24 september 1941; The motion of 7 January 1942; The mission to berlin (24-28 march 1942); Chapter 13. The Installation of the Banque Nationale de Belgique in London; The establishment of a belgian government in london; The financing of the belgian government in london; The bank in london and its protagonists; Baudewyn's difficulties at his installation in london; Chapter 14. The Banque Nationale de Belgique in London in the Maelstrom of War; The loan of gold to great britain.