Das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung im Zweiten Weltkrieg

Abstract

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the largest institute of its kind in Germany, will celebrate its centenary in 2025. It was founded as the Institute for Business Cycle Research (IfK) on July 16 1925 by Ernst Wagemann, then President of the German Statistical Office. The Institute’s research on the war economy 1939 to 1945 has not yet been examined in a well-founded manner. As the DIW itself does not possess the necessary archival records, the secret studies had first to be made accessible from various archives of the authorities which had requested this research. Only then could the studies and reports which the IfK/DIW had done on the war economy be presented here.

Keywords

• kriegswirtschaftsforschung
• wirtschaftsforschungsinstitut
• nationalsozialismus
• zweiter weltkrieg
• ns-deutschland
• ernst wagemann
• war economics
• economic research institute
• german war economy
• national socialism
• n 4
• h 5
• h 56
• h 6
• f 52
• p 41