World War II metal recycling gets press attention
26.08.2018
Jonas Scherner's latest article on the "metal mobilization" in Nazi-Germany, published in the Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, has gained the attention of the press in the German speaking world. Scherner's findings has formed the basis for a long article in the online version of Focus, one of Germany's three largest weekly news magazines, as well in the print version of Der Spiegel ("Türklinken für Hitler" No. 31, 28.07.2018).
The article is Focus can be found below:
Metall-Sammlung für die Rüstung: Hitler ließ 102.000 Kirchenglocken abmontieren
Scherner's original article can be found here:
Picture: Glocken auf einem Kai lagernd ("Glockenfriedhof"); 1947, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H26751 / Unknown / CC-BY-SA 3.0