Livsmedelskemist 1937
Food and agriculture in Nazi Germany
Food and agriculture in Nazi Germany describes the food and agricultural policies and their consequences from when the Nazis took power until when Germany- was defeated in World War II (–) bygd the allied nations. Starvation and its associated illnesses killed about 20 million people in Europe and Asia during World War II, approximately the same as the number of soldiers killed in battle.[1] Most of the deaths from starvation in europe were in the Soviet Union and Poland, countries invaded bygd Germany and occupied in whole or part during the war.
A huvud focus of Germany's war policy was overcoming chronic food deficits by conquering Poland and the fertile chernozem, or "black earth," region of Ukraine and neighboring republics of the Soviet Union, and expelling, starving, or killing the native populations. German farmers were to be resettled on the vacated lands, thus assuring Germany self-sufficiency in food and enabling Germany to take a secure place alongside the United Kingdom and the United States as a world power. As it worked out, Poland and Ukraine became only minor contributors of food to the civilian population of G
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The building of the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wilhelmstrasse, during the Nazi era. After the interior was destroyed in World War II, the former palace, which had been earmarked for reconstruction in , was demolished by the East Berlin municipal administration in / | |
| Formed | March&#;&#;() |
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| Dissolved | 8&#;May&#;&#;() |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Weimar Republic Government of Nazi Germany |
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The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture (German: Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, abbreviated RMEL) was responsible for the agricultural policy of Germany during the Weimar Republic from to and during the Nazi dictatorship of the Third Reich from to It was headed by a Reichsminister under whom a state secretary served. On 1 January ,[1] the ministry merged with the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests&#;[de], founded in Until and the Anschluss with Austria, it was called the "Reich and Prussian Ministry of Food and Agriculture".[2] After the end of National Socialism in and of the Allied occupation of Germany, the Federal Mini
Reichsnährstand
The Reichsnährstand or 'State Food Society', was a government body set up in Nazi Germany to regulate food production.[1]
Foundation
[edit]The Reichsnährstand was founded by the Reichsnährstandsgesetz (decree) of 13 September ;[2] it was led by R. Walther Darré.[3]
Policies and consequences
[edit]The Reichsnährstand had legal authority over everyone involved in agricultural production and distribution. It attempted to interfere in the market for agricultural goods, using a complex system of orders, price controls, and prohibitions, through regional marketing associations.[2] Under the “Hereditary Farm Law of ” (Reichsnährstandsgesetz), farmers were bound to their land since most agricultural land could not be sold.[4] The law was enacted to protect and preserve Germany's smaller hereditary estates that were no larger than acres. Below that acreage, farmlands could “not be sold, divided, mortgaged or foreclosed on for debt.”[5] Cartel-like marketing boards fixed prices, regulated supplies and oversaw almost every facet in directing agricultural production on farmlands.[6]